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wispfoxIntrospection without any external stimulus is dangerous. I know this in my gut, but sometimes it bears repeating. It's too easy to get stuck in spirals or similar.
It's also often useful to point out that people need to _do_ stuff, and not just think. Otherwise, what do you think about, and how do you avoid going in circles? (doing stuff, in my head, should include both talking to other people and being physically active. I am, however, fairly bad about the latter unless there is some reason other than getting excercise to be active)
Some people are, in fact, able to get by quite well without lots of introspection. This fascinates the hell out of me. I am currently of the opinion that this may be due to a number of things, some of which include the ability to figure unexpected/new things out on the fly (which I cannot do, at least right now), and/or a sufficient level of constant awareness that they know what they need to know about themseves when they need to know it (rather than needing time to figure out what's in their heads if there is a change, like me). It is also, I suspect, very important for both one's self and those to whom one is close to know how one works in that regard.
Doing new things scares me, but once I do them I often find I enjoy them and/or learn something about myself. Doing something new also makes it not new the next time, thereby reducing the number of totally new things that I might run into and get tripped up by. (note: entirely new situations have a tendancy to make me freeze up. Especially if I am doing them alone. But the more such situations I experience, the more available exprience I have to draw upon. And similar experiences count, in terms of my ability to use the info to make a new situation less scary)
Doing new things also greatly increases my need to process both the input I receive, and my internal reactions to that input. Hey! I think I just found a new, more descriptive, way to describe what I'm doing when I'm investingating the inside of my head. "Checking my internal reactions to additional input."
[edit: I'm _much_ better about being physically active if people whose company I enjoy want to do something physically active with me. Pleasant company helps, a _lot_, and makes me much less likely to have 'but there's so many _other_ things I could be doing' feelings. Besides, for most of the physically active things I like to do and for which company makes sense, I can be nattering with the person!]
It's also often useful to point out that people need to _do_ stuff, and not just think. Otherwise, what do you think about, and how do you avoid going in circles? (doing stuff, in my head, should include both talking to other people and being physically active. I am, however, fairly bad about the latter unless there is some reason other than getting excercise to be active)
Some people are, in fact, able to get by quite well without lots of introspection. This fascinates the hell out of me. I am currently of the opinion that this may be due to a number of things, some of which include the ability to figure unexpected/new things out on the fly (which I cannot do, at least right now), and/or a sufficient level of constant awareness that they know what they need to know about themseves when they need to know it (rather than needing time to figure out what's in their heads if there is a change, like me). It is also, I suspect, very important for both one's self and those to whom one is close to know how one works in that regard.
Doing new things scares me, but once I do them I often find I enjoy them and/or learn something about myself. Doing something new also makes it not new the next time, thereby reducing the number of totally new things that I might run into and get tripped up by. (note: entirely new situations have a tendancy to make me freeze up. Especially if I am doing them alone. But the more such situations I experience, the more available exprience I have to draw upon. And similar experiences count, in terms of my ability to use the info to make a new situation less scary)
Doing new things also greatly increases my need to process both the input I receive, and my internal reactions to that input. Hey! I think I just found a new, more descriptive, way to describe what I'm doing when I'm investingating the inside of my head. "Checking my internal reactions to additional input."
[edit: I'm _much_ better about being physically active if people whose company I enjoy want to do something physically active with me. Pleasant company helps, a _lot_, and makes me much less likely to have 'but there's so many _other_ things I could be doing' feelings. Besides, for most of the physically active things I like to do and for which company makes sense, I can be nattering with the person!]
