Emotional Identity
Our personalities can be usefully divided up into a range of different identities, each shedding light on a specific side of who we are: a political identity, a sartorial identity, a financial identity and so on. Perhaps the most important and telling of these identities is our Emotional Identity. This is the characteristic way in which our desires and fears manifest themselves into our personalities. There are four main themes around which our Emotional Identities are structured: Self Love, Candor, Communication and Trust. Todays reflection contains many questions. Please take the time to read throughly one time then return to each question slowly and thoughtfully. Take your time.
Let's take a look.
Self Love is at the core of answering the riddle of who we are emotionally. It determines the extent to which a person feels warmly towards themselves, can forgive and accept who they are and is able to remain steadfast in the face of opposition.
How much do you like yourself?
Who taught you to be kind to yourself?
How were you taught to be suspicious of and/or attack yourself?
Do you have a reasonable, well grounded sense of your worth and feel able to ask for and properly expect to get) the conditions that enable you to function/participate within relationships?
Candor is another key component. The degree to which someone possesses this quality determines the extent to which difficulties and troubling facts can be consciously admitted to ones self. Then explored and taken seriously.
How much can you admit to yourself about who you are?
How much do you need to insist on your own normality and sanity?
Can you explore your own mind and look into their darker and more troubling corners without flinching too much?
Can you admit mistakes?
Can you kindly work on the changes you would like to create or do you put up a barrier?
As you journal today you will see how all these aspects of our emotional identity intertwine. How one aspect can create or change another part. Keep exploring with more and more questions.
Write freely always allowing for your own safe and private space.