Do U Self-Reflect EVER?
 

do you think self-reflection - or meditation - is a good thing or bullocks?

Do you ever question yourself and your reality or are you always *in the know and in the right* ?

Do you take in new information and consider it or reject it out of hand because your life view/philosophy is right and right don't need fixing.

Is your world view the only world view for sane, right thinking, moral individuals?

Doesn't the act of considering these questions constitute self-reflection?

(in my opinion) self reflection is a good thing. I know a lot of stuff, and one of the most prominent things I know is how much I don't know. I question myself, my views, my opinions, what I think I know. I incorporate into this reflection what I learn throughout my days, comparing what I hear and read to what I see and have seen. This is a continuous process and sometimes my beliefs are strengthened, sometimes not.

I very rarely reject new information out of hand, though in some cases I can evaluate the new information quickly.

My world view is not only not the only world view for sane, right thinking, moral individuals, my world view *today* is different from the world view of *this* sane, right thinking, moral individual as of yesterday.

Self reflection is more than just a good thing. It is a sign of life. To stop learning, even, no, especially about oneself, is to stop growing. When I stop growing, I will have started dying. And to paraphrase the great Peggy Lee, I'm not ready for that final disappointment.

You left out the vampire option in your poll. Your query is invalid.

Does self-reflecting connect in any way with self-berating?
If yes, then probably about three times an hour.

Did I say hour?
I meant minute.

That's why I have a cat.
He has a world-weary look that tells me not to sweat the small stuff; I'll never be as good as a cat so why beat myself up about it?
Then we snuggle and it's all okay.

I ride in silence in my car some days, just thinkin'

I'm walking the halls and a cow orker says "what's wrong?" Nothing's wrong! I guess my brow is furrowed and I look deep in thought. Well, I am. I have pics of me as a little girl, crease between the eyes, gazing off. Probably reflecting on every little thing I did or said and making sure I did or said it right.

And I had a bit of echolalia as a kid. I remember I would say a sentence, then immediately whisper it to myself to make sure it sounded right.

To paraphrase Spinal Tap: a little TOO much fucking introspection, if you ask me. :lol:

Palilalia, like Brick Heck on The Middle? I never realized that was a real condition until I started seaching for a video of him doing it.

I'd never heard it called that, but yeah. I can't find any video so I don't know if it's the same thing I did or not.

I still do it from time to time (though more measured and conscious) but as a kid it came and went with frequency.

Weird.

My brother and I both did that too. Technically though, echolalia is repeating something you heard someone else say.

Yeah, I learned something new today. I thought echolalia was what I did...but it was palilalia.

I wonder how many kids did that? Just us uber-intelligent ones? ;)

Do U Self-Reflect EVER?
 

Too much.

After being raised an only child without a father, one of my main problems in life is getting out of my own head.

Often, very often.

Even before the current crisis.

I try very hard to do so honestly. It's not worth my time, otherwise.

I use to do that repeating what I said in a whisper thing, too. So does my son. Now, I don't do that, but I will sit and replay conversations in my head sometimes. I use to do that obsessively.

Me too!

I honestly tend to try and avoid too much self-reflection.

I find I only focus on negative things and go round and around in my head stressing out about how I dont think i eat enough vegetables and convince myself I'm going to die and then drink beer and fall asleep.

As dramatic as that sounds its not far from the truth, so i just let life roll on and see what happens.. seems to be working just fine.

If you ask anyone who knows me they'll say however that all I do is think and that they can almost hear my brain ticking away.

Seriously, yes, fairly often.

And yes, I think it can be done too much and you end up running around in self-berating circles twisting yourself into a state of psychological paralysis. Sometimes you just have to let go and live!

OMG! I can add this to a list of things-that-I-thought-only-I-did-but-have-real-names...

I often repeat things people have said, under my breath, or things from the television.
Especially in their accent/ cadence.

In fact when we were in Glasgow I was very wary that Dani and Limey would hear it and think I was odd.

Okay, I doubt it's real echolalia, I do it to amuse myself.
I didn't do it as a child, as I had plenty of people to talk to then!

'S cos you're a word pervert (worvert)

C'est moi (soir)

OMG, people always ask me what's wrong!! I've decided I must look grumpy or something.

And the repeating thing? I whispered it to myself when I was younger, refining what I'd said. I find that I sometimes do that now, unconsiously, but out loud...to the person I'm speaking to. How annoying is that? I snap my mouth shut sometimes, thinking..hell, I just said that! Why am I saying it again with a slight inflection change. Sheesh.


Oh, and my partner does this (silently)...except he changes my responses in his repetitions. And then, is sometimes confused as to what I actually DID say.

I thought that was just my older brother being a dick.

Is self-BERATE the same?

You want me to self-what now?