self-recognition

noun3

1. •
   The experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual.
2. •
   The process by which the immune system distinguishes the body's own cells, DNA, etc. and those of a foreign, possibly pathogenic, agent.
3. •
   A recognition made chiefly by oneself; an understanding reached by one's own thought and reflection.