The term self-conscious is used especially when we want to realize that an individual has a complex generally associated with some emotional deficiency or a physical defect, among the most common causes of complex development .
At the behest of psychology , which is one of the disciplines that most addresses this issue, a complex refers to the dissatisfaction that a person has with one or more aspects inherent to his person or life, while that perception of them triggers in her feelings of disability , that is, she does not feel capable of developing this or that activity because she simply feels less than the others because of the complex.
For example, the psychoanalytic current considers that the complexes normally arise in the childhood stage, while, being a matter certainly disturbing for the person, it tends to displace and repress it, although of course, they remain active and at any time can surface to affect their behavior .
Meanwhile, psychotherapy is one of the main tools when dealing with the issue of complexes since it facilitates the restructuring of the personality of the self-conscious individual through transference. What the therapist will do is locate himself in the various figures of the psyche and offer the patient a new experience of them that will allow him to attribute new information to the complex. Although this will not replace the foregoing, it will modify it to such an extent that the complex does not weaken the individual as much as possible.
Among the most popular complexes, the Oedipus complex stands out , which consists of the affective attraction of a child for his mother, and on the contrary, the manifest rejection of the figure of his father. For example, the child who suffers from it will be very possessive with his mother.
The concept that is opposed to the self-conscious is that of insurance , because whoever is or is safe will not be afraid of facing any situation because they are comfortable and aware of the capabilities they have.