The relationship one has with oneself is not only of personal interest but an important determinant of mental health. It is this relationship that can make or break persons, or that can render them successful, well-balanced individuals or unstable and unhappy shadows of the persons that they could have become at their full potential. One would think that this very important, personal bond human beings share internally could only be affected by one’s own self. But a great deal of human behavior is socially constructed and a large percentage of those social constructs are created to control and survive social situations.