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Identity diversification
Identity diversification allows us to avoid crashing when the stock of one of the ways we view ourselves crashes.
Remember that identity is The foundation of self-esteem, if your identity is, say, “athlete” but you receive an injury that you must take time off, or worse, that you can never perform in your sport how you used to you will fall to despair.
Granted, it is a terrible thing in itself, but should we have other points of pride to fall on (I’m a good husband, I’m an excellent writer) we don’t lose ourselves when we lose access to a part of our identity.
Reference
??? Psychology stats to show higher esteem/less of a hit