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Self-Awareness and Being Damaged

January 23, 2023 - The Self-Awareness Guy

Self-awareness is a quality that is in short supply in deeply damaged people because they tend to behave unconsciously, based on their inner pain. When someone is hurt at a core level and lashes out based on those inner wounds, it’s a visceral reaction rather than one based on careful deliberation. Here are some characteristics of a deeply damaged person:

Thinking, feeling and behaving negatively based on past hurts.
Lack of empathy toward others.
Rigid thinking and inability to consider other points of view.
Inability to heal.
Reluctance to change, stuck in current way of doing things.
Lashing out at others based on unresolved issues inside himself.
Unwilling to examine what causes his inner turmoil.
Lack of understanding of what will really make him happy.
Seeks approval from people who don’t really value him.
Pattern of negative relationships.
Harsh, hard, commanding personality on the outside, fragile on the inside.
Lies to self and others to justify incongruous, inconsistent thoughts and beliefs.
Treats other people poorly, a reflection of his inner feelings about himself.

If you’ve ever met a person like this, you’ve probably gotten a creepy feeling about them, unless you fall into this category, in which case the behavior seems normal. Thankfully, even deeply troubled people can change the course of their lives by replacing their old thoughts and behaviors with more positive ones. It’s a long and arduous process, but anyone with the will to let go of the damage and love themselves is capable of doing it.

The key to being genuinely happy in life is to think and behave positively to make the world a better place for yourself and others. Self-awareness allows you to take a careful, meaningful look at yourself and heal the hurts that keep you from being your true, shiny self. What will you do to move beyond the damage?

Cheers,

Guy

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Self-Awareness Leads to Real Happiness

A lot of people claim they’re happy and then think, say, and do things that indicate they’re not. The thing I like so much about self-awareness is that it’s an actual path to happiness, not just some false assertion. Here’s how it works:

You take an ongoing, honest, candid look at yourself, examining your strengths and areas for improvement.
You identify the parts of your life that don’t lead to joy, these are often the remnants of your formative years when you were hurt in some way.
You feel all the emotions related to your past hurts and actively work on healing them. You go to therapy if necessary.
You begin forming a clear picture of your whole self.
What you feel, think, say, and do all follow the same path and don’t conflict with each other.
You identify who you genuinely are deep inside and what you really want to do with your life.
You take action every day to live life as the real you.
Your level of kindness and compassion toward yourself and others keeps growing.
You feel, think, and behave positively toward yourself and others; not just say you do.
You become so happy inside that you make the world a better place for everyone.

If you value self-awareness, you’re likely doing one or several of these things right now and you’re on your way to living a peaceful, loving, balanced, dynamic, fulfilling, healthy life. What does real happiness mean to you?

Cheers,
Guy