Ahoy, i’ve been going to the gym for 5months now. But does anyone feel self conscious while doing their workouts? I feel like i’m being looked at and judged. I completely just shut off my environment and avoid eye contact with anyone. I try to tell myself, “it’s ok, everyone is focussing on their own stuff,”
Can anyone relate? How do I get rid of these thoughts?
The term sentience is used incorrectly almost ubiquitously in popular media. In TV, film, books and video games it is usually used to describe a being as being self-aware.
i.e. A self-aware A.I is often described as being "sentient."
However the correct usage of the word describes a being that is capable of perceiving sensation. For instance insects, fish and lizards are all sentient but are not self-aware.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience
The correct word to use is actually sapient. As in "homo sapiens" or "The A.I has become self-aware, it is sapient"
Why YSK: While the evolution of language is an organic process and should be allowed to grow as such, words hold meaning and some are more specific than others and so being clear on those meanings is important to help understanding.
It may seem pedantic to quibble about the distinction between sentient and sapient but they both describe different and equally important aspects of experience and should be used and discussed as such.
It’s the Chris consciousness my man. And the frequency is the vibrations of love and light. Love is the highest vibration in the universe. Keep true love first of all and your foundation is the love of yourself and no judgment. Don’t attach yourself to the actions of the past. Love yourself and take the lessons and move on. You are definitely correct in what you say.
Follow me for “ I Am the Way the Truth and the LIGHT”. The light of the world and the light shining from the mountain top. That light and truth and way is the Vibrations of Love which will unlock our God potential. As Jesus said we are all Sons of God. He was an example of our God Self as a fully Self Realized Spirit. We are Gods and Powerful Creators and we are living daily creating our reality as we are Made in the image and likeness. So we are Gods the parable isn’t a riddle anymore because you have tapped into the knowledge of source which is paying attention to the essence or our God as a God ourselves. And you know have a Knowingness which is now a Certainty of the truth. YOU as a God need to know the simple act of YOU Maintaining your space of love in your vibrations and just living your certainty life will start to change the vibrations of the areas and people and places and you as a GOD need to know we don’t have to ACT out to prove a point all we have to DO Steven (this is what you battle with and you create the vibrations or doubt which create more situations for you to doubt your Divine Bad Ass Self) All you have to do As a GOD being is to just BE and be a “BE-ing”. We are supposed to master the art of BEING and let the Vibrations of Love illuminate from the fibers of our “BEING” state and the Beautiful “UNIVERSE” which means (break down the word and meaning of them word play). It means one song and that one song is the Song and Frequency of love. She will take care of exposing things that don’t match her frequency And we need to know Has GODs. We have a hierarchy of Gods over us to and if we ACT out to attack it is not love and we are trying to Be a GOD over the Universe. The Universe is One of Our GODs to respect and also she is not our creator but we need to Bow to her and Honor the State of Maintaining our Majesty as GODs and let the Frequency of love Guide our steps which is Being in step with our Drum major of the Universe and just the simple act of us BEING and Maintaining our INNER strength and Bottled Enthusiasm which is GOD within will change and expo
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that is to say, the label of ‘human’ is just our species and what we are feels like so much more, unless this is thee most human thing to say.
it just feels like we are so much we concentrate our awareness on certain aspects. however, i feel we are the music we listen to, and the grass our feet touch.
as well as the sensation of it, like each experience is one and we are that. there are truly no words for this however i needed an outlet.
"Modern man knows himself only in so far as he can become conscious of himself—a capacity largely dependent on environmental conditions. His consciousness therefore orients itself chiefly by observing and investigating the world around him, and it is to the latter’s peculiarities that he must adapt his psychic and technical resources.
This task is so exacting, and its fulfilment so profitable, that he forgets himself in the process, losing sight of his instinctual nature and putting his own conception of himself in place of his real being. In this way he slips imperceptibly into a purely conceptual world where the products of his conscious activity progressively take the place of reality.
Separation from his instinctual nature inevitably plunges civilized man into the conflict between conscious and unconscious, spirit and nature, knowledge and faith, a split that becomes pathological the moment his consciousness is no longer able to neglect or suppress his instinctual side.
The accumulation of individuals who have got into this critical state starts off a mass movement purporting to be the champion of the suppressed.
In accordance with the prevailing tendency of consciousness to seek the source of all ills in the outside world, the cry goes up for political and social changes which, it is supposed, would automatically solve the much deeper problem of split personality."
Does anybody relate to having suppressed their instinctual side and living in a conceptual world? After 5 years of transitioning, and 2 years of 'healing' which was actually 20% healing and 80% observing and (heavily) investigating the world around me, I feel so stuck and whenever I consciously try get unstuck it's like I'm in quicksand and I just get more stuck.
If you've been in this situation and got out, how? Beyond detransitioning I still struggle to see what I can do without continuing to build that conceptual self
In the beginning was the Word....
I'm highly self-conscious all of the time, except when I'm home alone. It makes life painful, especially when I go to the beach in summer. I can't relax at all, like I'M DYING TO. I always feel like someone's eyes are glued on me every second. And that I have to always look interesting and impressive. (Why???)
This gets in the way of practical matters. I work with critters and our staff sometimes brings wildlife we find injured on the streets. I found a rock pigeon that looks sick, but is still mobile. My first thought is to bring him to our clinic. My second thought is "What will people think when they see me trying to catch it?" Look at that crazy lady chasing after a flying rat! Wtf is wrong with her?""
I want to do something good here, but my inner demons are preventing it from happening. What do I do?
I’m not really sure how to put it in a title, but I’m extremely self conscious, and it cripples a lot of things I want to do. Like, I’m really self conscious of my body, no matter what I do, to me I look ugly and overweight, even though I know I’m not. I have a little bit of stomach, but not much, and I lose weight a lot, I’m just about 5’5 and I weigh 129 pounds, so I know I’m average, but my thighs still look huge and so on. There are clothes I want to wear, but I feel like people would think I’m weird or ugly, I tried on my sister’s shirt once, the kind that sort of has like, bralette coverage and then a see through shirt, but I don’t think I’m pretty enough to wear something like that, and I love shorts and skirts but I’m too insecure to wear them since I’ve been bullied about my legs before. On top of that, I’m scared of doing something stupid socially, I recently learned I have high functioning autism, and I can’t understand when people are insulting me or making fun of me or not, and sometimes I don’t know what’s acceptable and what isn’t. None of my friends are really feminine, so I can’t talk to them about it, and even if I could I’d be too awkward, cause I feel like I’ll be made fun of. Does anyone have any ideas to like- look prettier, or have more confidence in general?
I was wondering if someone can help shed light on why I get this fear of posting something. I can't post photos vids or just whatever because I'm afraid of showing my mundane life and people even my friends end up just forgetting but I think it's stupid but there's a lot of things stupid that overwhelm me and I'd just really like someones input thank you.
So I have a crush on this girl who is like half my size. She said she does have some feelings for me too, but I feel super anxious around her because I feel like I’m so gross and fat and she’s not going to like me. I’m so stressed out, help!! How do you get over that? She’s never mentioned anything about my appearance, we’re “just friends” right now. But she did say she has feelings. I don’t know if I’m just overthinking it or what but I am so self-conscious and worried she won’t like me because of my appearance. Help
Hello, fellow ENFJs, in some situations I feel anxious and self-conscious.
I’m way more focused on my weaknesses than my strengths and that causes me to be insecure. It’s really annoying because it affects my day-to-day life. Are you also affected by this? How do you deal with it?
So my height has always been average, I was never the guy who stood right in the front in school lines. Even my close friends were shorter than me, it's not like I was tall or anything it was just that my friends were weirdly short.
So anyways, lockdown happened and we didn't see each other for 1.5 years. We met for the first time in a while a few days back during the term one boards and this tall big dude walked upto me. I was a bit scared at first cuz I didn't know him but then I realised he was my best friend, the same guy who was always shorter than me. He wasn't just a few inches taller than me, I literally had to look up a bit to talk to him. He looked more fit too(he was chubby earlier).
I didn't want to admit initially but I've realised that I'm super self conscious about my height and I've also started being jealous of my friend. I'm happy for him and everything but I can't shake off this feeling. He also joked about how he could hug me to death now that he was bigger than me( didn't laugh). I talked to my other friend about it and she told me my height was perfect as I'm taller than the girls and that's what matter in dating, but my problem has nothing to do with getting girls or not.
I'm around 5'6 and he's 6'1
Hello, I have a question on Stoicism from Hegel's section on "The Freedom of Self-Consciousness".
What does Hegel mean in paragraph 197 when he says:
"But for the subservient consciousness as such, these two moments--itself as an independent object, and this object as a mode of consciousness, and hence its own essential nature--fall apart" (From the Miller translation)
Does anyone know how to interpret this?
Thanks!
I'm a young woman who is also morbidly obese. 5'1" 275 lbs. And I'm terrified to go to classes-- I know the fear is irrational. I know nobody is going to actually laugh at me, but I'm so afraid of looking so ridiculous and comical to other people when participating in class. I'm just afraid to be seen in general. But I really need and want to go-- my issues with my weight stem from repeated sexual assaults as a child, so it's like a coping mechanism to protect myself. I know that learning how to actually defend myself will help me not have a subconscious need to protect myself with my weight, which is why I want to go and go frequently. But how do I just get over the fear of people finding humor in seeing the fat person swinging their arms around?
Edit: thank you guys so much for your support and encouragement. I made myself go to class tonight and enjoyed it a lot! Much love to all of you 💕
I'm searching for this book. Had it as a kid, and it changed my whole view of nature.
The cover has a rabbit holding a copy of the book itself, and it says, "Here is a book about a rabbit holding a book about a rabbit holding a book..."
Inside, there was a flea circus, and on the back of one of the fleas there was a tinier flea circus...
If anyone remembers this book, please tell me what you remember!
Thank you, Reddit!
I am 18f, in my country my size is considered big when compared to the regular sized boobs out here. Its been pointed out by my female family members, and their take on it, are insecure jokes/comments. (i.e., jealous comments and hate comments)
It made me self conscious about my chest and started to slump my posture and it totally fucked up my posture overall.
I want to fix my posture. I dont mind my family's insecurity on it, but I dont want perverted gazes on me as well. Because if I really hold it in the correct posture they will definitely stand out since I am accustomed to not getting too much stares because of my slumping, I am worried. My problem is that my confidence that was stripped away from me and I really dont know how to start building it again.
So girlies, whats your take on my predicament?
Hey all,
26, M here.
I’ve been trying to restart an older mindfulness practice with great difficulty. I’ve started small, 5 minutes in the morning, 5 in the evening.
I’m in therapy and on medication for chronic PTSD. I stopped meditating after the trauma and have been hoping to start again.
When I meditate, I become aware of internal feelings of tension. This is unpleasant, but bearable in the meditation period. These then become significantly worse outside of the meditation period, which eventually becomes unbearable.
The longer I do the mindfulness (number of days), the worse it gets. The anxiety steadily increases day by day until I become completely unstable.
For me, this manifests as the capturing of my focal attention by sensations of great tension (to the point of physical pain). It’s like I’m unable to focus my attention outside of my body sensations, which carry the trauma. This is true even when I focus on body parts that don’t carry tension (say the feeling of my feet on the floor as an example).
Outside of meditation, those parts that carry tension are screaming at me all day. It’s exhausting to notice them, and it’s exhausting to ignore them.
It’s like I drown in a sea of self-consciousness. When I use a heart rate monitor, during meditation, I’m in the low 100’s. When I come out of meditation and chat with a friend, focusing my attention outwards, it drops to the low 70’s.
I’m thinking I need to give up mindfulness and maybe do a concentration meditation, focusing on anything but the body. Or perhaps I’m merely focusing in the wrong way? Unfortunately, I don’t have access to a teacher at the moment. Closest I have are guided meditations, which are no better.
Thoughts?
