{"product_id":"the-misidentified-self-how-the-body-builds-identity-and-awareness-gets-trapped-in-the-signal-9798250417563","title":"The Misidentified Self: How the Body Builds Identity and Awareness Gets Trapped in the Signal","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sahil Singh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Life Stages - Mid-Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou do not move through life as some clean, stable self \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou move through signals \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA tight chest\u003cbr\u003eA dropped stomach\u003cbr\u003eA sudden rush of urgency\u003cbr\u003eA wave of shame\u003cbr\u003eA thought that lands too fast and gets treated like truth \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen the system does what it always does \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt takes sensation, gives it meaning, turns that meaning into identity, and before the moment is even properly seen, a passing state has already been claimed as me \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e**The Misidentified Self** looks at that process closely \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot as motivation\u003cbr\u003eNot as therapy language\u003cbr\u003eNot as abstract spirituality \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as a mechanical sequence \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe body shifts\u003cbr\u003eAttention narrows\u003cbr\u003eMemory enters\u003cbr\u003eMeaning forms\u003cbr\u003eOwnership closes\u003cbr\u003eAnd a temporary event becomes a personal reality \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book tracks how that happens \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt shows how the body helps build the experience of self through sensation, salience, repetition, memory, and narrative, and why so much of what feels deeply personal is often a fast construction rather than a final truth \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a book about becoming a better self \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is a book about seeing how the self gets built so quickly and so convincingly that most people never stop to question the structure of what they are calling I \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you have ever felt trapped by overthinking, shame, anxiety, emotional heaviness, or the constant pressure of your own internal reactions, this book does not ask you to fix yourself first \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt asks you to look more carefully at what is actually happening \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause once the construction becomes visible, the grip of it begins to loosen","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47568539517079,"sku":"9798250417563","price":975.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798250417563.webp?v=1774869124","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-misidentified-self-how-the-body-builds-identity-and-awareness-gets-trapped-in-the-signal-9798250417563","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}