A Consistent Sense of Identity vs. Multiple Social MasksIn his In Defense of Masks, Kenneth Gergen believes that it is challenging, nearly impossible, and even “bad psychology” to find and stick to a single identity in all interactions social. He therefore contests the advice given by Polonius to his son Laertes, convincing the young man that it is essential to always be faithful to oneself with everyone. On the one hand, Gergen states that a healthy personality should develop “a firm and coherent sense of identity” to conform to moral and religious values. However, society must also be taken into account, which imposes rather different masks on the individual. So, there is obviously controversy about the need to develop a coherent sense. This statement is consistent with Gergen's idea that the masks that individuals have are not necessarily false. Instead, they become part of a person's self. From my personal experience, I noticed that when I took on the role of an assertive, self-confident, self-confident, and satisfied with my achievements personality, this identity gradually became more than an assumed mask. It positively influenced my self-evaluation, received positive reinforcement from my psychological reactions and thus transformed myself. In addition, there is a danger when a person has to deal with certain people, with whom it is necessary to be rude, harsh and overall not as kind as one might draw in the imagined portrait of one's personality. I know this from my life experience and can say that such situations happen in real life. The only way out of dealing with such disruptive people and their negative influence on self-esteem and self-evaluation is to develop a coherent sense of identity, which will be resistant to negative impacts. These were two examples where both ideas can be useful, namely that of being able to wear positive social masks and possess a coherent sense of