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Narrative-shapes-identity pattern: the bidirectional
Narrative-shapes-identity pattern: the bidirectional relationship where the story you tell about your life shapes your identity which in turn shapes which stories you are willing to tell, creating a self-reinforcing loop that can be deliberately edited
Why This Is a Pattern
Exemplifies The mind actively constructs understanding through schemas/293. Recurs in narrative therapy, autobiography, self-concept revision, cultural identity.