[curiosity] self-knowledge, self-awareness

[wispfox]

Random bits of questions, more or less related to other conversations I'm having elsewhere. I'll reply to the things I ask in a comment.


-Do things in your head sometimes surprise you?

-If things in your head ever surprise you, how do you handle it?


-Do you feel like you know yourself very well?

-If you don't feel like you know yourself very well, do you want to? Do you feel like it affects your life in any way (positive or negative)?


-Do you feel like it's important to check in with the stuff in your head regularly, or are you confident that you will know about changes in your head when they happen?

-Do you feel the need to share changes in your head with other people? If so, who (names not needed; their relationships to you would probably be useful), and why? If not, and if you can explain it, why not?

[edit: I'm asking this because I'm curious as to how other people's brains might work in this regard]

Comments

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Well, see...

I have both the mental state bits, which tend to be easier to notice, and the place where loose bits that jostle around happen to start connecting to mental states unexpectedly.

But yes, it is mostly about mental (and emotional) states.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Me too -- but I can check in with the mental state, and the loose bits I don't know how to check in with. They just have to hit me. :)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. Then confusing though I may have been, we seem to be about the same in this respect.

(I really want shoes with teeth now. Damn you and your icon!)

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Sounds like we do. :)

For what it's worth, I said "self-image" because the things that knock me upside the head are usually things like "what do you mean, I'm a jock? I never exercise!" .... "Waaait." However, jostly bits can really be anything.

(I want shoes with teeth, too!)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

*laugh* You never excercise? :)

(I mean, I'd not label you a jock, because I don't seem to be able to combine 'geek' and 'jock' in the same person in my head, and you are most definitely, and tastily, a geek!)

TEEEETH!

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Well, with that particular self-argument, I settled on "athlete", which still felt uncomfortable but which I couldn't defend myself against. :)

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

(cannibal shoes! *runs away*)