Emotionally divided selves translate into action other people's definitions of who they are. They seem unable or unwilling to move forward in terms of their own self-definitions. The self that complies with the wishes of the other is perceived as a false, or inauthentic, self. A basic split in the self-system of the subject occurs. Outwardly she complies with the wishes of others. Inwardly she rebels. Outwardly the behavior of her false self appears normal. Yet this is a façade. She perceives herself as living a lie. Inwardly she feels intense anxiety, hatred, fear. There may be momentary liftings of the veil of normality. In an emotional outburst her "truer" inner self is exposed to the world and to those others who dominate her. Such outbursts may take the form of violence toward herself and others. She feels captured within the very skin of her body. She feels that she is a captive of the other.
Norman K. Denzin, On Understanding Emotion