Self-Absorption, as an anthropological category, clarifies opinion and, at the same time, establishes the difference between human beings and the rest of animals. Based on Jose Ortega y Gasset's Ensimismamiento y alteración [Self-Absorption and Alteration], the article focuses on self-absorption as a path towards oneself, to inhabiting intimacy, to finding true vocation, and to creating, intervening and curing circumstances, giving meaning to the latter.