The Real Process Behind Introspection

Dr. K’s Guide to Mental Health explores Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, and Meditation

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[eebbaa]

i just took a shower and this is almost exactly what i needed to hear. i was making a mental list of everything i hate about myself and my life and thinking about writing it down somewhere.

oftentimes, i take long showers because the shower is the only time and place that i can ever really give myself space to think. sometimes it can be relieving, but a lot of the time i end up feeling depressed and hopeless because i spend the rest of my time using technology to cope and drown out my thoughts.

anyway, this was a really topical video for what i’ve been going through lately. not really sure what to make of it but i guess it’s nice to have something to reflect on and relate to.

[oathmoon]

It's like losing in a game, it sucks, it can be painful sometimes, but eventually with practice and work, you get through the tough parts and are rewarded with something. Failure and negative results keep happening, but past those is positivity.

Something I like to say is all the negative things are building up into one big positive thing. It'll balance out eventually but you gotta work through it.

[_.Dylan._]

Even if I stop the distractions and try to introspect I never can get anywhere. I’ll ask myself a question, come up with a possible answer, then realize that’s one of a million possibilities or find a contradiction to it, then I’ll just lose my train of thought and forget everything I was just thinking about

[RoseRoseRoseRoseRoseRose]

As someone who works with children & teenagers, I completely agree with you 💯 👍 Especially for children with bad fates, you need to observe, listen to & be patient with them to figure slowly out what potentials they might have to help them out to develop them & also a positive mindset for their individual lives. Sometimes, it's challenging, especially because our work time is limited, like in every job, but most of the time, it's definitely worth fighting for (them).

[sheolcodemonkey]

It sometimes brings a tear to my eye how you can describe me to a tee. I really honestly thought I'd been lost by this world, and have been feeling just about ready to pack it all in, but these videos have been playing a CRITICAL role in maintaining my mental health right now

Unfortunately so is weed and video games because I'm my own worst enemy, but understanding myself a little better every day helps me take steps I didn't even know were available to me

[Ovalee]

Really what I needed to hear rn because I can’t stop numbing myself with games and I feel like shit without it

[nom_nom]

Nowadays I’m super careful to get too deep into introspection. I don’t force numbing myself with distractions but sometimes distraction helps me to not break apart. Even though I want to work through these things I know I can’t do it alone and need help. Until I get that I gonna keep myself busy.

[SparkMediaProduction]

As someone who has suppressed a lot of emotions through technology usage and as a result has created a lot of mess and bad habits, flawed thought processes, insecurity, lack of confidence and self belief or resolve in life but just started working through all of this. Can I ask for those who have gone through this process say what it is like at the end? Do you become someone who is productive, and achieve goals. Is your mind, thought patterns and behaviours been completely rewired for success instead of failure. I.e past you wouldn’t have applied for another job after a failed job interview but present you now would keep applying regardless.

[puppetmaster]

Throughout the times whenever I learn a lesson, or a skill, or any type of improvement, and repeating experiences of those, I found out a pattern of those that struggle is inevitable, wherever I go in my life. I noticed I become a better version of myself whenever I work myself out by doing something, rather than my inert self who is not doing anything at all.
So I learned that struggle is where I'd find my true self.

[Lucasmvpkmn]

I have persevered with introspection and it only makes the negativity more unbearable. I'm still not motivated to do anything to change the many things that are wrong with me, and having that extra clarity only makes it harder to avoid feeling like shit, even when I try to distract and numb myself from it. I don't think extra introspection is the answer, in my case it's just making things even worse.

[eebbaa]

RISE is the best world’s theme to date imo. best song and animation cool to see it here lol

[samueljacques]

To right it can definitely be a struggle getting past all that to the positivity, the confidence and all that at the end. The process of getting can get really crap abd tough and rough and getting through it can be no mean feat

[FranksCreativeCorner]

I totally relate. Once I break my cycle of being all day watching YouTube or playing videogames...

What happens?

All my negative and ruminating thoughts arise. All the negative emotions arise too. I feel overwhelmed with this, but sometimes I manage to write some of it down on paper. When I do it, it's healing.

[ElleJeane_]

Never give up, find a way to make it happen, definition of madness is doing the same or what’s not working and expecting a different result

[destroyerinazuma]

"Light will take us to the right place,
Keep going, going on the road"
Roselia, "Zeal of Proud"

[robnorris]

When i discovered Hero with a Thousand Faces.. it floored me. It opened up the concept of the heroe's journey. Brilliant. That's when I knew my suffering would be long and horrible, but worth it.

[Hivatel]

*(Knowing that there exists an answer to your pain fills you with DETERMINATION.)

[Rannulfus]

I think somewhere along the way people forgot that the rainbow is meant to represent a road on which you have a journey, which can be a journey of any color, thus is unpredictable and likely negative. The point of the rainbow in the metaphor is that its most likely going to be work to get there.

[Exkajer]

Nowadays stories lack the trials of tribulations and hero just is "powerful" from the start and can do anything from the start. And it makes people believe that everything is just luck and hard work doesn't result in anything.

[dergtehdergon]

I have made a lot of progress but I am not completely through it and it still feels at times like I am incapable of dealing with this stuff, like it will destroy me if I let myself feel it. But that doesn't happen, it sucks but then it passes. Remember that friends, I believe in you.