Why Does Everyone Else Seem to Know Who They Are?

Psychology Today | 29.05.2026 22:28
The philosopher Galen Strawson writes that he has “no clear sense of who or what I am.” Perhaps to many of our surprise, he is not describing something distressing or undesirable. He experiences this as his natural state, a way of being that has always felt ordinary and at ease to him. He also believes a significant number of people share this experience but have been made to feel that something is wrong with them.