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impotent transvaluation is difficult to catch in oneself
i think this is basically attributable to the fact that all affirmation is appraising that which can do no other; the difficulty resides in recognizing debility
and to spell out the obvious: weakness, if present, is prone to leave its bearer ill-equipped to characterize itself appropriately (which is similar but distinct from the situation in the transvaluative moment)
sometimes it is beneficial to the process to obscure the transvaluation itself, that these values did emerged with a negating moment. or it could be only partially recognized, with an acknowledgment of the negativity but a misattribution of whom or what is being negated.
there is lots of opportunity for failure in analysis at different levels, and it is likely that multiple will be incorporated into the obfuscating ego defense. those best positioned to examine the situation are also those most motivated to see the project of apprehension fail.
i talked about the specific cases i had in mind in the audio earlier so i don’t feel like im cheating by not providing examples. tl;dr this past year i tried making things into known personality traits, but they really stemmed from lukewarm failures and anxieties. think: gail breakup -> archival