The conjunction "AND"

[Jesus1]

Hi! How are you feeling?

Thanks a million!

Well, don?t be upset, please!

Yesterday, I was thinking about all this and
I came to the following conclusion:

Isn?t someone who is admitting having
done something
admitting to himself that he has done
that thing?

I mean, when you admit having done
something, didn?t you previously admit to
yourself that you had done that thing?

So, where?s the need of using
"admitted to himself" if he
"admitted" that thing?

I am really in a dead end!

Somebody help me!

Thanks a lot!

[Yankee]

Hi Jesus

If you admit something to yourself, that means you had been telling yourself (probably for a long time) that X was true, and then finally you admit to yourself that Y is true.
For example:

Let's say he's a musician and he'd always believed he could become a famous rock star. He joined a band and played in the band for years. The band recorded a few CDs, but none were big hits. The band never became famous. Finally, years later:
"He finally admitted to himself that he would never become a famous rock star."

If you admit having done something, you usually admit to someone else that you did something.

Does that help?

Amy