One of the most insidious consequences of self-objectification is that it fragments our consciousness, disrupting or even preventing us from reaching peak motivational states, or a state of “flow,” as it is termed in positive psychology. Flow is a mental state in which you are fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in an activity. If you’ve ever been fully absorbed in a task and lost that “doubling” of your identity that self-conscious body monitoring demands, you’ve known a state of flow. It happens when you are concentrating, creating, moving,
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