Inclusion of Other in Self

Description

Inclusion of other in self is the mental art of opening a lover’s smartphone without permission and claiming the dreams within as your own. It dissolves the boundary of self, incorporating another’s thoughts and feelings like a new fashion accessory. By blurring identities, it navigates the thin line between intimacy and eeriness. Yet wearing someone else’s shoes rarely feels comfortable and often causes blisters. Thus, the fusion of self and other is both a testament to love and a self-erasing ritual called boundary collapse.

Definitions

• A psychological technique of forcibly stuffing one’s own emotions into another’s digestive tract.
• A dangerous stew that throws identities into a communal pot under the guise of sharing.
• An empathy overdose that feels a lover’s joys and sorrows like one’s own muscle aches.
• A boundary drawn in shifting sands, forgotten to be anything more than an illusion.
• A creative theft that resells another’s thoughts as components of one’s self.
• A byproduct of overconsuming self-identification until one suffers an out-of-stock crisis.
• The punchline of a magic show believing in the equation ‘Me = You’.
• A stalking act with the convenient excuse of internalizing another’s privacy.
• An act of stripping mutual boundaries and pressing spirits together like wavering mirages.
• The sweet trap called codependency awaiting beyond the intersection of self and other.

Examples

• “Mind if I overwrite my memories with your favorite movie?”
• “I feel her stress as my own—I must be stuffing confusion and affection into my gut simultaneously.”
• “I launched your opinion as my own product. Returns are apparently not allowed.”
• “Isn’t it weird that I’m integrating my friend’s failures into my personal growth story?”
• “Our differences? I don’t know, I only have you, so there are none.”
• “Let’s stop sewing clients’ complaints onto our hearts as badges, shall we?”
• “A son wearing his mother’s joy as a chest medal—a surprisingly oblivious act of identification.”
• “If he cries, I cry. If I laugh, he must laugh. That’s the rule.”
• “In the battle for identity, my best friend and I ended up with nobody owning any selves.”
• “We tested what happens when we drop distinctions between you and me: both disappear.”

Narratives

• She proclaimed her partner’s success as her own glory, smothering their brilliance and erasing the contours of her ego.
• By carrying her friend’s sorrow, she unwittingly became an unlucky donkey hauling two burdens.
• The moment she hugged him declaring, ‘Your emotions are mine,’ her freedom quietly died.
• He copied his business partner’s entire idea into his proposal, flawlessly erasing any distinction between them.
• With every mental mix like a collage, a new self emerged while the old one quietly vanished.
• After inheriting his parents’ values, he lived as an empty shell wearing the name ‘self.’
• He volunteered as an emotional transmitter, absorbing his neighbor’s complaints and broadcasting them beyond walls.
• To erase the boundary between self and other, one must burn both shadows simultaneously—she never realized this brutal truth.
• An influencer who constantly voiced her followers’ feelings eventually heard no voice at all.
• Drowning in the sweet poison of codependency, her very memory of self began to dissolve.

Related Terms

Aliases

• Boundary Blender
• Self-Other Machine
• Empathy Suction Device
• Identity Thief
• Boundary Sprayer
• Mind Mixer
• Emotion Share Box
• Self-Erasure Palette
• Heart Collage Workshop
• Mirror Conductor
• Self-Devouring Performer
• Psyche Merger Inc.
• Aura Transparentizer
• Fusion Magnet
• Assimilation Engine
• No-Boundary System
• Overlap Maker
• Identity Dynamo
• Codependency Biome
• Euphoria Synthesizer

Synonyms

• Psychic Cannibalism
• Boundaryless Love
• Ego Acrobatics
• Other Resonance
• Mind Parasitism
• Psyche Bacteria
• Fusion Dependence
• Ego Melt Phenomenon
• Mixed Identity
• Self Overload
• Codependency Melt
• Heart Thaw
• Idential Mud
• Self-Other Bath
• Shared Self
• Mirror Resonance
• Identity Abolition
• Momentum Absorption
• Dual-Self Spectrum
• No-Self Infection