"I'm the definitive expert about myself" is a socially-useful position to stake out, but greatly exaggerated.
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"I understand you better than you do yourself" is generally ceremonial justification for a grab for power though
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the first is defense of a default distribution of power, not a grab. Unless you're in a prison, you do have power over yourself
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Just because they want you to think they are signalling power, doesn't mean this is a useful frame that you should use.
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