ABSTRACT
The forgotten self is a negative presence that stays still until it is changed with the help of insight. It is a minus self directly linked to minus knowledge. It could be described as an inversion of the natural order of desires, where the other’s wish is privileged over the wish of the self. Between the two false selves a paranoid–schizoid sort of circularity takes place, in which a great need to comply and deceive induces castration anxiety and fear of fusing with the other, of just becoming the Other’s wish and changing into a lie. The deceiving false self attempts to deceive, guided by the hope of complying, while the negativistic false self attempts to destroy, guided by a hope for revenge. In the case of Isabel, the negativistic false self appeared in the form of clandestine which took place at the same time that she provided the castrator with the impression of a nice, obedient, and well-behaved girl.
