Essays on Self-Criticism

Introduction

Japan is reported to have the world’s third largest economy, which gives it an essential role in the global community. This calls for the need to understand the Japanese people’s self-concept and how they hold themselves up as individuals and as members of the society. It has been widely established that self-concept is far from being a static perception, rather it is a changeable system which is generally a result of an individual’s social relationships. It is observed that people normally hold a different perception of themselves as individuals, and as a social group member. Consequently, ...

Introduction

Based on advances in mind-body research and the practicality of self-kindness and mindfulness, self-compassion offers a new way of thinking about the practical strategies for ending chronic pain. Self-compassion includes a stance of compassion, friendliness, interest, and open-heartedness toward an experience observed in the present moment. The management of chronic pain today incorporates both physical and psychological interventions because of the significance of self-compassion which relates to aspects such as acceptance of chronic pain, focus on individual strength, and lower levels of negative perception of the pain experience. A study in which an experimental vignette was used investigating the ...

Do children who have experienced physical abuse in their household grow up to be abusive partners?

Review of Relevant literature The awful effects of childhood abuse and the role of their parental abuse are well documented. However the causes of parental physical abuse are less well documented. Research with clinical illustrations recommends that individual who display offensive behaviors are more likely to have a history of youthful abuse and higher rates if adopting and externalizing disorders. The question of whether the juvenile abuse contributes independently to parental abuse or if the association of childhood abuse and parental abusive behaviors are separate are studied empirically by Amada Medley . The results indicate that there are multiple patterns ...

Descartes’ skepticism and confusions about self-believe, truth and knowledge are expressed in his First Meditation. He is confused by the nature of his sensory beliefs because most of the times they tend to mislead him. His distrust for his senses does not mean that he distrusts all of them. He only happens to distrust some of them when the conditions for trusting such senses are poor. He will trust his senses when the conditions are such that they are favorable and conducive to be trusted. The other thing that makes Descartes skeptic about life and self-belief is in ...

Adolescents Self-Injurious Behavior

Self-Injurious behaviors (SIB) are typically behaviors that involve people intentionally harming themselves for socially unidentified reasons without suicidal intent. Studies have extensively sought to highlight the causes, nature, and possible treatments for SIBs. SIB is sometimes regarded as suicidal behavior yet it is normally done without the intention of committing suicide (Whitlock, Eckenrode, & Silverman, 2006). SIB includes a number of behaviors that comprise: scratching, intentional skin puncturing, ripping of hair or skin, self-bruising and cutting of the skin (Whitlock et al., 2006). Body piercings and tattoos may not fall under this category unless they get imposed with the aim ...

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Self-Compassion Instead of self-criticism it is important that one should indulge in self-compassion. Self-compassion means learning from your mistakes and standing again with greater enthusiasm. It is extremely difficult to practice self-compassion in our culture. The reason being we are only taught to perform more and to perform better. In the race of achieving this, we tend to self-criticize ourselves to the extent that we forget how extensively this struggle has harmed our personality and self-being. In this way, instead of improving yourself to stay ahead of your ...

Each person has some unique talents, which distinguishes him from the next person. Such talents are evident in the manner we approach social issues or reason. In any social environment, individual interests would be observable from the move or like or dislike that one would display in the course of interacting with the environment. In most instances, people tend to identify their unique capabilities at childhood stage. During this period, one can interact with the environment by demonstrating a trait in a given direction. In my childhood, I was able to identify my oratory skills after engaging in numerous debates ...

In “Euthyphro,” one of Plato’s early dialogues, Plato describes the meeting between Euthyphro and Socrates near the king-archon’s court and proceeds to record their conversation about piety. Piety is a virtue that is often interpreted as religious devotion or spirituality. While piety in contemporary society usually means devoting God to gain good graces or seek forgiveness, piety was considered in a wider context by Greek philosophers, so it was a virtue that allowed a person to respect social order, religious order, and display devotion to others. Piety is directly influenced by the development of practical wisdom because practical wisdom was considered ...