How well do you know yourself ?

Many years ago I was somewhat oblivious to self realization when it came to monitoring my own behaviours and personality. I was angry at the world I guess and would fire up quite easily at the slightest provocation. I never responded well to criticism and was very head strong. Thankfully though, this WAS many years ago and I have since mellowed considerably and become far more introspective. These days, I am constantly seeking "signs" from those around me concerning how they react to what I do and what I say for one. I am also far more open to having someone provide me with constructive criticism and can also stop and realize when I may have overstepped the mark or am about to possibly act in a negative fashion. I am definitely still head strong, no question; but now I function in the sense that I will only go hard on things that I 100% believe in and only after considerable internal reflection as to where I stand and why. I am also fiercly protective of those I love and am very loyal also. If anyone hurts those I love in any way then I will have no hesitation in standing up to them to ensure that what is right becomes a reality. I do however sometimes neglect my own best interests and end up in situations occasionally that in hindsight I realize could have been avoided if I hadn't of been so open in the first place! All I am today and the changes I have made have of course all come from hard hitting and real experiences. I am grateful for them because they have helped me to be who I am today. At the time of these experiences that changed me though, I was of course far from confidentthat everything would be fine. But such is the strength of human spirit! All's well that ends well and I know in my heart life is good and will continue to get better. I can't ask for more than that! We all need to accept the cold hard realities of who we are and WHY we have ended up as the people we have become. It is only with self realization and introspection that we can truly embrace the full potential of ourselves. AS hard as it can be at times, we must all try to be constantly aware of external and internal factors that consistently shape ourselves.

I think that I have become old and mature enough to know about myself.My strengths and weaknesses.I have come to a stage where the assessment of the others never make any impact on me for I always know what am I and what am I doing.Luckily for me the ones I love and the ones who love me think the same.

i do know the truth about myself.i am quite emotional.i react but i cool down even faster.i cannot i am religious or spiritual but i abhor hypocrisy of any kind.and i am never the first one to break a family tradition.

it's a combination of both. I once answered a survey about intrapersonal skills and i ended up having 82-87%. do you think it's just fair? or i need to know myself better?

I think I am one to evaluate and analyze myself. Most times, I have a hard time seeing what others mention they see in me. Not that I don't consider what they say but I'm more to defend why I am this or that way. The last year, thinking back now, was a good learning experience for me. I was forcing myself to do things I didn't really want to and now I am glad I waited it out and I am much happier in my life.

I feel like I understand myself much better then a lot of others do. The only reason I say this is because I'm willing to do all that it takes to fully explore myself. I want to explore everything that interests me and try to put my own spin on everything I come into contact with. I live life in this existence right now strictly to evolve into the next level at some point in time and to further continue my endless reality in a new parallel in the future.

i think it is better to look on your johari window every once in while... self-evaluation and other's impression about you could do good if they comes both in your self-conceptualization....

Initially throughout my life i did not know myself as i was going through it without thinking. Now since turning to spirituality i have found time to introspect and study myself and have found several faults within me which need to be corrected. I have started the process and hope that one day i can sort myself out completely.I am already on the path to self realisation and liberation and have foud my Master or Guru who has shown me the same path which he also has followe in his life. By following that very path and practising the same techniques that have been taught to me i hope to achieve liberation in this life or the next.

Hi alokn! I'd like to think that I know myself well enough! I do listen to what others have said about me, but I also try to work it out myself to work out once and for all if what they have said is true. I am a very quiet person and the only people that would see the real me or the true me are those that are very close to me or in my heart. But I think that I will always find out new things about myself!

In fact, I don't know myself well enough.I'd like to take one thing as an example.You know,I have broken up with my girlfriend for four months,but I still can't control myself to miss her,and if I deal with the problem logically, I should forget her and start my new life,but I can't,I don't know why,maybe I have ever loved her very much,I want to cast away the idea,what should I do?It really bring me more pain,I can't help being sad about my love.

friend reality is that who ever would tell you that he knows him self would nothing know about him, what ever response you would get just words or nothing actually anwer of this question could not explain through word , since when you use the words u are just trying to express your self but that is not what you exactly felt , it very deep understanding and its the root cause that why todays generation are so uncontrollable ,sorry friend acutally in reality I am trying to understan my self and when I will understand at that day perhaps I would not able to explain you this through words LOLz, I can just give you hint that what I have udestood about my self LOL :-), Hope you have got you,