What Makes Me Separate From You?

Abstract

In this paper I have explored the question “What makes me separate from another person?” by considering it in three different ways: firstly in terms of religion and the supernatural; secondly through the discourse of Martin Heidegger and his notions of thrownness and Dasein; thirdly through the discourse of Particle Physics. Finally I considered what implications the conclusions that I reached from these explorations had for me personally and as a therapist.