【英语翻译asindividualsacceptthemselvesmorefully,theyoftenbecomemoreacceptingofothers.Thisistheoppositeofself-alienation,whichoccurswhenwefailtoacknowledgeoracceptcertainaspectsofourselves.Wethenfeelthesequalitiesarefo】
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individualsacceptthemselvesmorefully,theyoftenbecomemoreacceptingof
others.Thisistheoppositeofself-alienation,whichoccurswhenwefailto
acknowledgeoracceptcertainaspectsofourselves.Wethenfeelthese
qualitiesareforeigntousandweprojectthemontoothers,whomwethen
dislike.Forexample,themanwho,whiledenyinghisowndependencyneeds,
appearstobestrongandself-sufficientmayfeelcontemptformenwhoallow
themselvestobetakencareofwhenweakorill.Asyoucansee,personal
growthmaybeunsettlingattimes.Itinvolvesmovingawayfromsomeofthe
familiarself-imagesacquiredduringourformativeyears.Anditinvolves
seeingyourselfinnewways,especiallyasamoreself-directedperson.Because
eachofushasdifferentvaluesandgoalsthereisnodetailedguidetoassure
usthatwearedoingtherightthing.Nevertheless,understandingthegeneralpattern
ofgrowth,asprescribedbyRogers,maybehelpful.Andremember,“thegood
lifeisaprocess,notastateofbeing.Itisadirection,notadestination”
(Rogers,1961,p.186)