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SomeMichGuy · M
HumanEarth · 56-60, F
Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble
When you're perfect in every way
I can't wait to look in the mirror
I get better lookin' each day
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a person
Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble
When I'm doing the best that I can
Oh Lord, it's hard to be this humble
When I'm perfect in every way
I can't wait to look in the mirror
I get better lookin' each day
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a person
Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble
When I'm doing the best that I can
Gives myselves a hand.
Yeeee-haw!
When you're perfect in every way
I can't wait to look in the mirror
I get better lookin' each day
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a person
Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble
When I'm doing the best that I can
Oh Lord, it's hard to be this humble
When I'm perfect in every way
I can't wait to look in the mirror
I get better lookin' each day
To know me is to love me
I must be a hell of a person
Oh Lord, it's hard to be humble
When I'm doing the best that I can
Gives myselves a hand.
Yeeee-haw!
Cheesecake · 61-69, M
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PhoenixPhail · M
Are you kidding? Without my flaws, I would be an entirely different person.
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Jenny1234 · 51-55, F
Flaws? Me? Impossible! I’m absolutely perfect lmao just kidding
Of course I do
I'm riddled with them
I'm riddled with them
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
no, I'm perfect... 😇
Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F
Too many to mention
ElwoodBlues · M
Too many to count
AthrillatheHunt · 51-55, M
Plenty
OogieBoogie · F
Yus😌
I also have wolls and seelings🤪
I also have wolls and seelings🤪
swirlie · 31-35, F
Not as far as I'm concerned! Why would I choose to embrace self-denigrating thoughts about any aspect of myself? Even if someone else identified flaws in me, does that mean they are right? Or does that mean they are projecting their own flaws onto whomever they can dump them onto, rather than deal with their own flaws themselves? What they speak about themselves in pointing their finger at me, has absolutely nothing to do with me.
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PhoenixPhail · M
@hartfire Those don't sound like flaws, they sound like natural responses to unnatural circumstances - things that have happened to you which have had nothing to do with who you truly are, and have been painful. So, you protect yourself by falling into all those things you listed. Am I getting close?
@PhoenixPhail Things happened -- chronically -- throughout my childhood -- so yes, they are learned responses that I've found incredibly hard to shake'. I regard them as flaws because they have negative consequences.
As for unnatural circumstances - I'm not sure. I've seen parrots flock to over ripe fruit every year and fall to the ground drunk.
I don't believe humans are born bad. I think we are all born with tendencies that can go either way, and then our young brains get "programmed" by either singular traumatic events or constantly repeated minor ones, or both.
Sometimes trauma come from situations beyond parental control: earthquakes, floods, fires, diseases, wars, etc. Since these happen in every generation and the PTSD effects are unconsciously inherited, it means very few families are unscarred.
Perhaps this is actually a natural phenomenon.
I have a ADHD husband of 42 years. Much as I love him, the symptoms are not easy to cope with.
I do recognize that healing takes hard and persistent effort in developing and maintaining mindfulness. I've had tastes of its benefits, but so far have never managed to sustain it.
Are you a psychologist of some kind?
As for unnatural circumstances - I'm not sure. I've seen parrots flock to over ripe fruit every year and fall to the ground drunk.
I don't believe humans are born bad. I think we are all born with tendencies that can go either way, and then our young brains get "programmed" by either singular traumatic events or constantly repeated minor ones, or both.
Sometimes trauma come from situations beyond parental control: earthquakes, floods, fires, diseases, wars, etc. Since these happen in every generation and the PTSD effects are unconsciously inherited, it means very few families are unscarred.
Perhaps this is actually a natural phenomenon.
I have a ADHD husband of 42 years. Much as I love him, the symptoms are not easy to cope with.
I do recognize that healing takes hard and persistent effort in developing and maintaining mindfulness. I've had tastes of its benefits, but so far have never managed to sustain it.
Are you a psychologist of some kind?
PhoenixPhail · M
@hartfire Your description of how these things came about in you, is spot on.
I guess I could say, I'm an "armchair psychologist." Aren't we all? lol
I used to be a counselor in my college years, and many years following. It was part of my curricula.
Yes, our brains get very well programmed, especially as children, particularly up to the age of 7. It's not easy to unravel all that stuff, but with the "right" practices, it's quite doable, even with ADHD.
I guess I could say, I'm an "armchair psychologist." Aren't we all? lol
I used to be a counselor in my college years, and many years following. It was part of my curricula.
Yes, our brains get very well programmed, especially as children, particularly up to the age of 7. It's not easy to unravel all that stuff, but with the "right" practices, it's quite doable, even with ADHD.