Polarized thinking currently is the greatest threat facing this country and other countries in many parts of the world. Humanity is stuck in "either-or" thinking. Everything is right or wrong, black or white, East or West, liberal or conservative, guns or no guns, etc. You may find yourself "splitting" against people and organizations that hold different views from yours. I believe this is happening because you, like most people, are living out of your False Self. Your True Self is hidden somewhere inside of you waiting patiently for you to wake up and discover it. This book examines the hazards of living out of your False Self. You may strive to live out of your Authentic Self, but at the same time you may struggle with having to use your False Self to please others in your life, just to get along. As a result, you may find yourself living out of your False Self more than you want. Even if you are aware of when you do this, you may not know how to change it. Childhood traumas likely prevented you from completing your "psychological birth" and from developing a fully individuated True Self by age three. If this did not happen, you will have to complete this important milestone as an adult or spend the rest of your life living out of a substitute False Self. I estimate that less than 5% percent of adults actually completed that milestone at age three. This book shows you how to move out of overusing your False Self and strengthening your True Self. Your False Self shows up in two very different ways: as a deflated or depressed False Self and an inflated or narcissistic False Self. Some people have symptoms stemming from both conditions. The hazards you face by living out of your False Self, in either case, include victim behaviors, depression, anxiety, addictions, narcissistic behaviors, toxic shame, projections and poor decisions that likely involve you trying to please others rather than being true to yourself. Are you ready to change that?In addition, I look at the threats of polarized thinking to our current political system and how the overuse of the False Self could actually bring down our country. Did you know that a country or an empire can be brought down, if most of the people living there operate mostly out of their False Self? This country is no exception. We could lose the democracy we have been creating over the past 250 years because a vast majority of the people living in this country continue to living out of their False Self. That is the ultimate hazard.Finally, I provide you with the best tools I have found to help you identify and remove the hazards of living out of your False Self and reclaim your True Self. If you are serious about living a more authentic life, this book will provide you with the tools to accomplish just that.