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ego boundary

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ego boundary,
(in psychiatry) a sense or awareness that there is a distinction between the real and unreal. In some psychoses the person does not have an ego boundary and cannot differentiate his or her personal perceptions and feelings from those of other people.


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in other words, externalised Ego boundary functions.
In the therapeutic trance state, changes in ego boundary are easily accomplished (Brenman, Gill, & Hacker, 1947).
Chapters discuss theories of alienation, the essence of good and evil, the ego boundary and protecting one's "realself", and much more.
 
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