Self

A **self** is an individual person, from their own point of view. To you, **self** is you. To someone else, **self** is that person.

The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to the **self**:

## Essence of oneself

- _Main articles: Self (philosophy), Self (psychology), and Self (sociology)_

- Body
- Brain / Mind / Intelligence
- Character
- Experience
- Gender

- Human
- Human condition
- Identity
- Person
- Personality

- Skill
- Virtue
- Will
- Wisdom

### Self constructs

- Individual
- Personal identity
- Personality
- Personal name
    - Nickname

- Self-awareness
- Self-concept
- Self-consciousness
- Self-esteem
- Self-identity
- Self-image

- Self-ownership
- Self-perception
- Self-realization
- Self-worth

### Stages of life

- 1. Infancy
- 2. Childhood

- 3. Adolescence
- 4. Adulthood

- 5. Middle age
- 6. Old age

### Major life events

- 1. Birth
- 2. Primary school
- 3. Graduation

- 4. Coming of age
- 5. Employment
- 6. Marriage

- 7. Parenthood
- 8. Retirement
- 9. second childhood
- 10. Death

## Individual rights

- _Main articles: Human rights, Individual rights, and Personal rights

You have:
- _security rights_ that protect people against crimes such as murder, massacre, torture and rape
- _liberty rights_ that protect freedoms in areas such as belief and religion, association, assembling and movement
- _political rights_ that protect the liberty to participate in politics by expressing themselves, protesting, voting and serving in public office
- _due process rights_ that protect against abuses of the legal system such as imprisonment without trial, secret trials and excessive punishments
- _equality rights_ that guarantee equal citizenship, equality before the law and nondiscrimination
- _welfare rights_ (also known as economic or social rights) that require the provision of education and protections against severe poverty and starvation
- _group rights_ that provide protection for groups against ethnic genocide and for the ownership by countries of their national territories and resources

## Personality traits

- _Main articles: Big Five personality traits and Trait theory''

- Extroversion
- Agreeableness
- Conscientiousness
- Neuroticism / Emotional stability
- Openness to experience

### Virtues

See the list at Virtue#Virtues and values

### Vices

- Seven Deadly Sins
- Pride
- Vanity

- Avarice
- Greed
- Lust

- Wrath
- Anger
- Gluttony

- Envy
- jealousy

- Sloth
- Laziness

## Self-actualization

- Action
- Competence

- Effectiveness
- Efficacy

- Success

### Self management

- Autodidacticism (self-education)
- Goal
- Goal setting
- Personal budget
- Personal development
- Personal finance
- Problem solving
- Self-actualization
- Self-assessment

- Self control
- Self-defense
- Self development
- Self-discipline
- Self disclosure
- Self-efficacy
- Self-esteem
- Self help
- Self-interest

- Self-knowledge
- Self monitoring
- Self motivation
- Self-reflection
- Self-regulated learning
- Self-reliance
- Self-sufficiency
- Stress management
- Time management

### Self-preservation and self-maintenance

- Enlightened self-interest
- Health
- Housekeeping

- Life extension
- Personal hygiene
- Personal safety

- Physical fitness
- Self-care
- Self-preservation

## Personal concepts

- Adolescence
- Adulthood
- Aptitude
- Birth
- Infancy
- Childhood
- Competence (human resources)
- Death
- Diary
- Duty
- Evil
- Failure
- Good
- Freedom (philosophy)
- Freedom (political)

- Hobby
- Home
- Individualism
- Individuality
- Individuation
- Influence
- Intrapersonal communication
- Liberty
- Lifestyle (List)
- Meaning of life
- Parenthood
- Personal homepage
- Personal income
- Personal life
- Personal property

- Personal space
- Personal time
- Possession
- Privacy
- Reputation
- Self talk
- Self-worth
- Sex
- Sexuality
- Success
- Taste (aesthetics)
- Taste (sociology)
- Thought
- Virtue

### Harmful traits and practices

- Abjection
- Crime
- Self-abasement
- Self-abuse
- Self-criticism
- Self-deception

- Self-deprecation
- Self-denial
- Self harm
- Self-hatred
- Self-immolation

- Self-loathing
- Self propaganda
- Self-punishment
- Stress
- Suicide

## Related pages

- Community
- Humanism
- Society
- Transhumanism