Every person has a reputation. Psychotherapists in the 1970s confused the absence of an ossified ego structure with the destruction of one's reputation. That’s why they introduced the fashion for terrible sweaters, lack of teeth, promiscuity in intensive courses, and so on, so on, so on. They covered it up with a terribly flat and quasi-correct concept of “Being yourself,” behind which there was no real analysis of what my Self is. What is the difference between the desire to maintain a reputation and the complex fear of doing something that you can’t do, but really want to? neurosis. Its basis is repressed desires and fears. Its external manifestations are varied. The results for a person are typical - stagnation, poor health, unfulfillment. A cure for neurosis is the creation of a socially useful member of society, a doer, and not an imitator, a parasite, a victim of all kinds of circumstances. Having gotten rid of anxieties and fears, the former neurotic becomes so bold that he begins to change something in his life. Well-being improves, the degree of influence of addictions decreases. Reputation is a social concept. Reputation can be lost in an instant. Reputation, a good reputation, is created exclusively by a socially useful member of society. Accordingly, a person more or less free from a neurotic state is more likely to develop a positive reputation. Written practice “My reputation”: answer the following questions in writing: 1. What do your colleagues say about you to their loved ones, what do you think?2. What do you think your relatives say to their friends about you?3. What do you think your friends say about you to their other friends whom you know little or not at all?4. Question for practicing psychologists: what do your clients say to those around you?5. How satisfied are you with the answers you received on a ten-point scale, where 0 is completely dissatisfied, 10 is completely satisfied.6. What would be your ideal reputation?7. What does your good reputation give you?8. What else can you gain from having a perfect reputation?9. What are the real threats to your reputation?10. How to prevent these threats? The topic of reputation, ego identity, self-presentation and presentation of oneself to others are endlessly deep topics. I will definitely return to them. That's all for today. All the best, I love everyone: *Mikhail Samadurov PS By the way, one place is open for a Skype consultation with me. If you want to work on yourself with me, write me a free-form email and I'll tell you if I can help you.