Self-dehumanization was moderately associated with anxiety, negative affect and physical symptoms of distress in a non-clinical population.

Evidence

Is suffering less human? Distressing situations’ effects on dehumanizing the self and others (ResearchGate)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Accusations of extreme wrongdoing can dehumanize scapegoats. — Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 82; Victims might self-dehumanize because doing so makes their maltreatment appear to be deserved, reducing their distress. — A dehumanization perspective on dependence in low-…; Individuals with social anxiety disorder show important alterations in self-consciousness alongside fear of social situations. — Social anxiety disorder and the psychobiology of self-consciousness (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Abandonment neurosis rests on the tripod of anguish, aggression, and self-devaluation #corroborates (0.50) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 268
• The negative-aggressive abandonment-neurotic is egocentric, vengeful, and self-devaluing #corroborates (0.45) — Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 270