We often say that we have many sides, but we fail to realize that these are in fact distinct psychic entities — that we possess multiple selves, each with its own autonomous life, and that we are constantly moving from one inner universe to another.
Human beings — these troubled yet wondrous creatures, at once biological robots and labyrinthine entities — find themselves confronted with a vortex of social, economic, political, climatic, and even epidemiological cycles.
Kostis Zervanos is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He was born in Athens in 1958, where he currently lives and works.
He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Family Therapy and Training Center (KOITHEK), which aims to promote, deepen, and further develop Family Systems Theory.
He studies the contribution of ancient and Christian Greek philosophy and medicine to contemporary psychotherapeutic thought.
He has written and published a series of articles on Hippocratic medicine.
All of this, combined with the ongoing technological revolution, will inevitably transform not only humanity itself, but also society as we know it — ultimately reshaping human existence and consciousness.
In the twenty-first century, being ourselves is no longer an abstract goal or a matter of routine; it is a tool for survival.