Those are healthy endeavors! Me? I just want to be. Just be. It’s a matrix I dissolve into easily. It’s as though I waited all my life for this time, simply being. 🪷
“Now I’m starting to notice that constant self-reflection can lead to an unintended narcissism.” Yes! This! There are so many folks who definitely need help to heal BUT it’s a slippery slope into addiction to victimhood. And funny how looking outwards to help others can make a huge difference on your own mental health! (e.g. learning BSL!)
“My self-conception involves an unhealthy dependence on being useful.” Everyone should fill in their blank with this one. “My self-conception involves an unhealthy dependence on being_________.” Mine is talkative.
Those are healthy endeavors! Me? I just want to be. Just be. It’s a matrix I dissolve into easily. It’s as though I waited all my life for this time, simply being. 🪷
“Now I’m starting to notice that constant self-reflection can lead to an unintended narcissism.” Yes! This! There are so many folks who definitely need help to heal BUT it’s a slippery slope into addiction to victimhood. And funny how looking outwards to help others can make a huge difference on your own mental health! (e.g. learning BSL!)
Yes, it can also be a slope into telling myself how awesome and enlightened I am when actually I have a looooooong way to go
“My self-conception involves an unhealthy dependence on being useful.” Everyone should fill in their blank with this one. “My self-conception involves an unhealthy dependence on being_________.” Mine is talkative.
I’m very grateful you are talkative here, Jill 😉