The '''self-absorption''' [[paradox]] describes the [[contradictory]] [[association]] whereby higher levels of [[self]]-[[awareness]] are simultaneously associated with higher levels of [[psychological]] distress and with psychological well-being. | The '''self-absorption''' [[paradox]] describes the [[contradictory]] [[association]] whereby higher levels of [[self]]-[[awareness]] are simultaneously associated with higher levels of [[psychological]] distress and with psychological well-being. |