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