2007-12-19 05:45:11 · 22 answers · asked by ×Charmz× 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
...I used to....when I was receiving treatment for depression in the hospital, I read my journal to my therapist, who said, "How come there's only your regrets and failures written about...what about your successes ?"....now that was an eye opener...she then gave me homework to write down positive things about myself and nothing else....it was very hard to do this because I had trained myself to think negatively...it was a turning point in my recovery
2007-12-19 13:23:21 · answer #1 · answered by EvelynMine 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes... don't know why that is. I haven't had many failures though... and much less successes.. but I often find myself thinking about all the negative things rather than the positive.
2007-12-19 08:47:29 · answer #2 · answered by Bunny Boiler 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, failures have a tendency to haunt you for life, whereas success is easily forgotten as we try to accomplish our next goal!!
2007-12-19 08:34:55 · answer #3 · answered by Zombie King 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, mainly because I have more regrets and failures than any success at all...
2007-12-19 07:07:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the day. On good days, I feel really good about a lot of success I have had in life. But other days, (is it the moon?) all I can think of is everything I've screwed-up.
2007-12-19 06:12:09 · answer #5 · answered by jjoy4444 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I am nothing but a failure so I have no success to compare it to
2007-12-19 06:00:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no more than i learn from my past and at the same time look forward for my future...
successes as well as failures are there for a reason and both are tools for us to use wisely...
thanx... love you all
2007-12-19 10:20:37 · answer #7 · answered by basharho 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What successes could there be to remember?
2007-12-19 07:27:29 · answer #8 · answered by Ands 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is the tendency and I keep wondering why I do that to myself. I think human beings are naturally hard on themselves.
It usually has one of two results, depending on my emotional level:
~>sometimes when those negative reminders keep nagging me on emotional low days, they demotivate me
~>but on emotional good days, they only serve as reminders to motivate me to keep going and keep improving
Still I think we should rather focus on our successes. It's just hard.
2007-12-19 06:07:22 · answer #9 · answered by Sunbeam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tend to be so hard on myself when I fail that I fail in a worse way and that's by failing to remember that I've overcome a few obstacles in my life.
2007-12-19 05:49:00 · answer #10 · answered by They Are All Ahead Of Me™ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋