This theory describes two different types self-images of the "actual self."

Humans recognise that they possess both actual and potential selves.

These women are archetypal Americans, seeking the dream of their actual selves, reinventing their lives.

His actual self lay on a bed made from a special foam that supported his large body comfortably, providing him with a decent night's sleep.

Obsessions often reflect a vulnerable self-theme where the person doubts their real or actual self.

The characters tend to be rather heavily exaggerated versions of their actual selves.

I rather suspect that, as the census-taker, he shows us his actual self.

The second is "the consciousness of the concrete actual self with its changing states", the so-called "inner sense."

To many people, the result is a bleak image of a city that bears little relation to its actual self.

Depression is associated with conflict between a person's perceived actual self, and some standard, goal or aspiration.