SELF-AWARENESS

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SELF-

Having or Showing realization, perception, or knowledge.

The entire person.

SELF-AWARENESSIs the explicit understanding that one exist, it include the concept that one exist as an individual, separate from other people, with private thoughts.

AWARENESS-

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FIVE LEVELS OF SELF-AWARENESSas they unfold early in life

• Level 0: Confusion• Level 1: Differentiation• Level 2: Situation• Level 3: Identification• Level4 : Permanence• Level5 : Self-consciousness or ”meta” self-awareness

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SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS-Is an acute sense of self-awareness. It is preoccupation with oneself, as opposed to the philosophical state of Self-awareness

when one realizes that one is being watched or observed, the feeling that "everyone is looking“ at oneself. Some people are habitually more self-conscious than others. Unpleasant feelings of self-consciousness are sometimes associated with shyness or paranoia.

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BARRIERS TO KNOWING YOURSELF:

1. Lack of awareness

2. Egoism

3. Fear of change

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SELF-CONCEPT:The organized self of charac-Teristics that the individual perceives as being peculiar to himself or herself. It is simply stated as the way you see yourself. It is the way you perceive yourself as having positive or negative traits.

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FACTORS THAT AFFECTS THE SELF-CONCEPT

1. Relationship in the family

2. Peers

3. Intelligence ad abilities

4. Socio-economic status

5. Names and nicknames

6 Appearance

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IDEAL SELF• It is a conception of what kid of person you

want to be.REAL SELF• It is who you are and what you are.

Loser- A person with negative views in life.

Winner- Is someone who has positive views of himself

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STRATEGIES IN ENHANCING THE REAL SELF AND BUILDIG SELF-ESTEEM

•Desire a better self-concept.•Have an optimistic view in life.•Recognize your potential ad accomplishments and accept your weakness and limitations.•Lear to prioritize things ad set attainable goals.•Read literature.•Enter into meaningful relationships.•Deepen your concern to others.•Grow in your prayer life.

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What is Pessimism?

PESSIMISM:negatively or negative thinker

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We will explain the following questions about pessimism:

How does pessimism ad negatively affect my behavior?How do I fell when I am pessimistic or negative?What are the effects of my pessimism ad negativity?What irrational thinking leads me to e pessimistic or negative?

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What causes my pessimism ad negatively?What ca I do to overcome my pessimism ad negatively?

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1.How does pessimism and negatively affect my behavior?

When I am negative or pessimistic I:

•Look at the worst side of a situation.•Say what “I’m not” rather than what “I could be.”•Lack the belief that I could change.•Lose hope in the future.

Some Example:

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2. How do I feel when I am pessimistic or negative?

When I’m negative or pessimistic I feel:

Some Example:•Lonely, abandoned, and isolated.•Worthless, empty, and of no value.•Incompetent, ignorant, and useless.•Defeated, beaten down, and lost.•Betrayed, cheated, and unwanted

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3. What are the effects of my pessimism and negativity?

As a result of my being pessimistic or negative I:

Some Example:•Find people avoid talking to me.•Am not a “fun” person to be around.•Enjoy “yes, but” mentality•Keep myself locked in a vicious cycle of “put downs,” and “rejection:

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4. What irrational thinking leads me to be pessimistic or negative??

Some Example:•I will never be successful.•I can’t do anything right.•People will never change.•Once I am down, I will always be down.•I am what I am and nothing will ever change.

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5. What can I do to overcome my pessimism and negativity?

Some Example:•Begin the heard work of building my self-esteem•Empower myself to be my own cheerleader.•Recognize that my emotional life suffers by negative behavior.•Develop rational thinking behind my negativity and pessimism.

To overcome my pessimism and negativity I can:

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THREE TYPES OF PESSIMISM

1. STABLE ATTRIBUTION

2. GLOBAL ATTRIBUTION

3. INTERNAL ATTRIBUTION

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THE OPTIMISTS SEE EVENTS AS:

1. UNSTABLE-

2. SPECIFIC-3. EXTERNAL-

•Just because it happened once, this doesn’t mean it will again.•I have trouble with pacing my activities.•Other people are responsible for theirBehavior. I’m responsible for mine.

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VARIOUS LAYERS OF PERSON:

1. PERSONA-2. EGO-3. SHADOW-

4. ESSENTIAL SELF-

The Outer most layer.It is underneath the personaIt is unconscious “natural side” of our personalities. When all the masks are stripped one by one, what can be found at core is the essence of the person.

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