myself
The speaker, personally
You use myself as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to yourself in a sentence in which I is the subject: I cut myself while peeling potatoes.
Myself and other pronouns that end in –self and –selves are called reflexives because they indicate that the action of a verb is reflected back at the subject of the sentence.
Unique personal character
- personhoodStatus as a person
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- personalityCharacteristic mental patterns
soul · spirit · psyche · being · nature · uniqueness · distinctiveness · authenticity
Freedom from external control
- agencyPower to act
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- volitionCapacity for choice
Probing one's innermost feelings
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
As an individual matter
- individuallyOne at a time
- in-personActually there, bodily
- firsthandWithout intermediary
- solelyWithout anything else
individuality
Unique personal character
- personhoodStatus as a person
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- characterNature, symbol, or role
personality · soul · spirit · psyche · being · nature · uniqueness · distinctiveness · authenticity · wholeness
independence
Freedom from external control
- agencyPower to act
- empowermentGaining authority or confidence
- freedomAbsence of constraint
soul-searching
Probing one's innermost feelings
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- meditationFocused attention practice
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
personally
As an individual matter
- individuallyOne at a time
- in-personActually there, bodily
- firsthandWithout intermediary
solely · alone · unaided · single-handedly · independently
pride
Satisfaction from one's achievements
- narcissismExcessive admiration of oneself
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- pronounsI, me, him, he, her
- first personI, me, mine, we, us
- reflexivesthemself, reflexive pronoun, reflexives
- reflexesreflex, reflexes, reflex action, reflex response, quick reflexes
- possessivesmine, your, yours, his, her
myselfyourself
Reflexive second person
themselves · himself · herself · others · someone else
- by myself
- excuse myself
- if I do say so myselfPhrase softening self-praise
- me, myself and IThree ways to say "this person"
- if I say so myselfFaux-modest self-praise cushion
- though I say so myselfFalse modesty phrase
self, selfish, my, himself, yourself, oneself, herself, selfless, selfie