SELF

Self as an operationalized term refers to the inner me, that which I know to be mine. There are multiple components to my-self and those components are essential parts of me that are not necessarily immediately recognizable to others, and also may not be recognizable regardless of the duration of time spent in the company of another.  I recognize that it is possible to discuss the self as "selves" and I do not think that sort of interpretation is problematic; however, I have opted to make a distinction with consolidating that interpretation into the sole descriptor of "self" mostly in response to the possibility of the self being fractured by modern society, a fracturing also referred to as schizophrenia.