i,m over 50 and i feel like idiot not to know my own secrets , wants or real needs.when i was young i was so sure that i,l learned about myself.i,v studied many years hoping to get my answres within all these knowledge but now i think i wasted my time.i only got a degree in science while there is a broad field of science within me where a few of it can be found in my phisical appearance but an infinity amount , in my mental instruction.well what can i say.....
2006-10-29 01:14:59 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
The more questions I solve the more I encounter. It's a good system really. I can't understand myself because I am of infinite dimensions. Rather than looking through every nook why don't we look at ourselves as a whole?
2006-10-29 01:33:56 · answer #1 · answered by Y!'s Guy 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, there are no degrees in majoring in LIFE! The journey to oneself is the master of Masters. Some start and stop, some go all the way. It sounds to me that you need to get back on the path and learn to be your own best friend. You will learn a lot about yourself by learning what you don't like. Tell me, how do you know you like someone enough to be a friend? Do you not give yourself time to learn about them and share with them? When was the last time you took time to just be with YOU? I can tell you that there is no greater reward in life than coming to know yourself well. There is an unexpected reward at the end of that rainbow!! I won't tell you what it is for you will need to journey there to find your own treasure. So yes, in answer to your question, I do know myself very well. It has been the greatest love affair of my life! (I do not mean that in an egotistical way. Those that have traveled the path understand what I am saying.) So my dear sweet person, do not give up on YOU. Be patient, kind and gentle with yourself and dare to know the parts of yourself that you'd rather keep hidden. I think you could open many doors within yourself by meditating. The first Truths you will see are the Truths about yourself. Warning: It is only for the brave! Good luck!
2006-10-29 15:00:03 · answer #2 · answered by Wise Woman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we can understand ourselves to a certain extent, but it would be impossible to reach the criteria of "fully understanding" for that would be... Godly, I'd reckon.
Try Zen buddhism, read a few online articles on the teaching. To my knowledge, at the end of this road you will understand your inner workings and truths. Hence.. you'll be able to take maximum control over yourself - sort of like Dianetics with the church of Scientology. These two claim that they have reached a comfortable conclusion. I have yet pursue these.
Btw, I'm a new Christian, I'm just another soul seeking purpose and truth.
2006-10-29 11:17:29 · answer #3 · answered by omgzorsscizzors 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you can totally and completely understand yourself or anyone else for that matter, but you can try. That's what the field of psychology is all about--why do I/other people do the things they do, think what they think, are what they are.
If you want to get down to the basics, most of who we are is the result of rewards and punishments--especially those things we learned while still a child.
2006-10-29 09:21:28 · answer #4 · answered by Daisy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you feel incomplete, like you havent done what makes you happy. Maybe i'll sound like a priest but maybe you just need to start praying to the true God?
I understand I'm way different then you and way weirder but I guess life seemed special when i knew God would always watch over me...untill he calls...
2006-10-29 08:43:33 · answer #5 · answered by rhea 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u do undertand urself...when u say there so much more in u...
the only thing u r uncapable of finding is the way to satify urself...
happens to all...& we name it as simple as i just dont know myself when its plain that how do we satisfy those wants...
its life cant hav all....happens to me too all the time when am with just myself...its nice to feel within...human mind knows no boundaries..
just peace out...enjoy all that u can...rest will follow..if not atleast be happy u could do part of it..& u just 50..theres way long to go for u...to find more secrets hidden with in & its just the wants changes at times,as the world does, u sure would explore & find ways to know & entertain that soul with in
best wishes
2006-10-29 09:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by chcuda9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hang on there for 50 more years.You are OK.I am 98,I have same problem.
2006-10-29 08:20:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to understand human tendencies and nature is universal, to love oneself is life lived to the fullest. I think you can't have one without the other.
2006-10-29 08:20:47 · answer #8 · answered by ardlesstraveled 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does anyone really understand?
2006-10-29 08:19:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
not sure, for that. cause some time people understand only what he or she's think write for. not what he/she need
2006-10-29 08:25:34 · answer #10 · answered by sinaga_aviation 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋