Self reflection seems to be difficult for me because it seems I distort and deny being truthful to myself. I do believe it can be harmful because I can find alot of blame in self reflection. It is sometimes painful to reflect on who I think I am and others perception of me seems to get in the way of true self reflection? Just my 2 cents. In a nutshell I am too hard on myself. Thanks for bringing this up Ava.
This makes so much sense that it’s hard to reflect without judgment. It is important to try to reflect in a scientific way, rather than biased and with judgment, but I understand that’s not the easiest thing to do.
Maybe if you can shift the focus from what you did wrong to honoring the motivations for what you did , retooling your current motivation to be more effective, and how you can change it next time
Great read! Adderall helps me do things I don’t want to but I don’t love the thing, I just become a robot that does the unfun thing 🤖 I give it 3/5 stars. Sometimes though, if I don’t want to do something it’s because there is an emotion associated with it I don’t want to feel so then I’ll just sit with that emotion, or imagine the emotion is a version of me from when I was a child and listen to what it wants to tell me, and then give it a hug, and tell it it’s ok I care about you, and then I can do it :)
Self reflection seems to be difficult for me because it seems I distort and deny being truthful to myself. I do believe it can be harmful because I can find alot of blame in self reflection. It is sometimes painful to reflect on who I think I am and others perception of me seems to get in the way of true self reflection? Just my 2 cents. In a nutshell I am too hard on myself. Thanks for bringing this up Ava.
This makes so much sense that it’s hard to reflect without judgment. It is important to try to reflect in a scientific way, rather than biased and with judgment, but I understand that’s not the easiest thing to do.
Maybe if you can shift the focus from what you did wrong to honoring the motivations for what you did , retooling your current motivation to be more effective, and how you can change it next time
Thanks Ava, that is a very good point. Have wonderful Sunday y'all :)
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Great read! Adderall helps me do things I don’t want to but I don’t love the thing, I just become a robot that does the unfun thing 🤖 I give it 3/5 stars. Sometimes though, if I don’t want to do something it’s because there is an emotion associated with it I don’t want to feel so then I’ll just sit with that emotion, or imagine the emotion is a version of me from when I was a child and listen to what it wants to tell me, and then give it a hug, and tell it it’s ok I care about you, and then I can do it :)
I like that feedback about adderall making you an unful thing robot. It's not romanticized. I also appreciate your exercise and will try it. xox