Weekly Prompt #33: Have you ever stopped to ponder the complexities of your own mind?
Hello all, I hope you are all being easy on yourself this week.
Last week we discussed: What is a boundary to you? Thank you to all who participated and shared their thoughts and questions for discussion. They were thought-provoking questions and thoughts. I hope you all did too. If you didn't share yours, please share them here and I look forward to reading and discussing them with you
This week's prompt: Have you ever stopped to ponder the complexities of your own mind?
So, I invite you to pause for a moment and ponder the intricacies of your mind. What stories are you telling yourself? What beliefs are shaping your reality? What emotions are guiding your actions? Let us get started on this journey of self-discovery together, supporting and empowering each other along the way.
Also, it is time for periodic feedback on these weekly prompts.
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@ASilentObserver
my mind tell me im stupid trash deserve nothing good so is pretty much all go through mind all time
@theboymoana I am sorry moana it feels like you have been feeling low on self-esteem lately. What makes you feel like this?
@ASilentObserver
i don’t matter ever and no one cares everyone say ask help and who help ? No one help no one care everyone want me shut up not matter what happens me
@ASilentObserver
Recently, I feel like I have been paying a lot more attention to the complexities within my mind, as I find analyzing my behavior and thoughts to be very interesting. As someone who is majoring in Psychology, I enjoy introspection and trying to figure out the root causes behind my behaviors, emotions, and thoughts. If there are multiple behaviors I find myself repeating that I want to change, I will try to find the broader theme that is serving to motivate these behaviors. Through this introspection, I am better able to understand myself and address these attitudes and behaviors that I want to adjust.
@ASilentObserver yes i have but i had to stop as it led me down to a ary dark place that was hard to get out of so now i just silently judge others so i can best help them or get back at them if needed
@alysianna yeah, I understand how judging others can bring us down. It sounds like you've had difficult experiences in the past. How do you feel about silently judging others?
@ASilentObserver
i feel i have no choise but to do so or i would not servive school as it is i have nly like 5 ppl in my school i trust all 5 being students as the teachers all gossip one fules a fire of gettin my frind picked on more
I have and it can be overwhelming unless I live one day at a time
A lot of my thoughts lately have to do with the different levels of consciousness. Unconsciousness included. Freud was great for giving us psychodynamic psychotherapy. Now I'm curious about trances either as part of some psychopathology, or under clinical hypnotherapy which is starting to make a comeback. My grandmother was given "truth serum" in the hospital back in 1980. Sodium thiopental, it's an anesthetic with a very dark usage in several states still. If nothing is done to lead the patient with the power of suggestion, I question what layer at we at and how much is fantasy and how much is reality. We already know things can be placed in the mind with the patient is "under". It's very interesting the way clinical hypnotherapy can help people quit smoking. Where in the neuroanatomy we know does all of this lie? Is the "mind" and the "brain" the same thing or is the "mind" a result of the multitude of functions that the brain does. I sometimes wonder if the word "mind" is a metaphor, or a word used to describe physical functions in the brain. Can one exist without the other, or are they one in the same? I have another theory but I'm not sure this is the place for it.
