{"id":35743,"date":"2021-05-27T09:04:03","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T13:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=35743"},"modified":"2021-06-03T21:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T01:41:09","slug":"how-you-see-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-you-see-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing How You See Yourself Will Set You Free"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why will changing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-you-see-yourself-and-how-others-see-you\/\">how you see yourself<\/a> improve your life? Why is &#8220;finding yourself&#8221; actually restrictive rather than freeing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you challenge your identity, you allow yourself to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-grow-as-a-person\/\">grow as a person<\/a>. We need to stop putting limiting labels on ourselves and allow ourselves to continue to grow and change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading to learn how you can change how you see yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Changing How You See Yourself<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can\u2019t change or improve your life until you\u2019re able to change how you see yourself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>But people typically avoid changes that challenge their identity.<\/strong> They fear even changes that could improve their lives, because change pushes them out of their comfort zone. It doesn\u2019t matter whether the change is good or bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For example, either striking it rich or losing your money could change how you see yourself; a new job could challenge your identity as much as losing your job could.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/failure-is-a-part-of-success\/\">Success and failure<\/a> both challenge your identity<\/strong>, which is why people fear them both.&nbsp; We may reject beneficial opportunities if they require us to change the values by which we define ourselves. For example, maybe you can\u2019t bring yourself to tell someone you don\u2019t want to see them anymore, because that contradicts your belief in patience and forgiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stop Trying to Find Yourself<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We put a lot of effort into \u201cfinding\u201d or \u201cknowing\u201d ourselves. But this can be limiting if the identity you choose is a narrow one. It can restrict your emotional development and opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For instance, you may hang on to your college \u201cparty guy\u201d persona even though this prevents personal growth and ultimately a happier life.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It\u2019s better to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/keep-on-learning\/\">keep learning<\/a> and discovering than to \u201cfind\u201d yourself; you\u2019ll be open to improvement and also less judgmental.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Buddhism teaches that you should give up your idea of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/your-genius\/\">who you are<\/a> because your image of yourself is an artificial creation. The way you think about yourself constrains you, and you should give up these limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Giving up your concept of who you are frees you to try things, fail, and grow<\/strong>. For example, when a woman gives up her image of being a perfect spouse and admits she\u2019s not good at relationships, she\u2019s free to end or improve her bad marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The solution:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Accept that you\u2019re not unique or special. <strong>Choose a common, non-limiting identity<\/strong> such as friend, student, partner, parent, instead a narrower one like victim or rising star. When you choose a rigid identity, you constantly feel threatened.<\/li><li><strong>Give up inflated ideas of yourself that give you a high<\/strong>, such as that you\u2019re uniquely talented, smart, or attractive, and are therefore entitled. This will make you more resistant to failure and allow you to pursue growth, since the risk of reaching and failing won\u2019t scare you.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Cultivate Doubt<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Questioning and doubting yourself is a difficult skill to learn, but healthy doubt can be developed by asking yourself <strong>three questions that encourage humility<\/strong> as opposed to certainty:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. <\/strong>What if I\u2019m wrong?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Acknowledging you\u2019re wrong or that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/you-cant-know-everything\/\">you don\u2019t know everything<\/a> allows you to change. Put another way, in order to grow you have to be wrong sometimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because we\u2019re usually not very aware of how we\u2019re feeling and behaving, we need to regularly ask ourselves whether we could be wrong. For example, in an argument with a partner, you might ask, \u201cIs she right? Am I jealous?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Questioning whether you\u2019re wrong about something doesn\u2019t mean you actually <em>are<\/em> wrong \u2014 sometimes you\u2019re right, or you have an accurate view of your situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, <strong>unhappiness is a sign that you\u2019re wrong about something<\/strong> \u2014 but you won\u2019t learn what it is and change it until you ask questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. If I <em>am<\/em> wrong, what does that mean?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a more difficult question, because it goes one layer deeper. Determining what being wrong would mean requires examining our values and considering potentially contradictory values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you\u2019re arguing with your partner, and you realize she\u2019s actually right and you\u2019re wrong, then that could mean \u201cI <em>do <\/em>get unnecessarily jealous\u201d or \u201cI tend to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-not-jump-to-conclusions\/\">jump to conclusions<\/a> way too easily.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually this thinking leads you to discover a weakness, which can be painful to hear. It might require you to adopt better values, such as open-mindedness or tolerance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Would being wrong improve or worsen this situation?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This question requires comparing alternatives, including the impact on others. It reveals whether the values underlying your problem are valid or poor ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A brother opposes his sister\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-find-the-right-partner-for-marriage\/\">decision to marry<\/a>, because he has a vague hunch that the guy will be bad for her. In questioning whether being wrong creates a better or worse problem, his options might be: A) speak up, and complicate a happy occasion by insisting on a vague hunch; B) question his ability to decide what\u2019s best for his sister, and trust her to make her own decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Option A is simpler and requires little thought, but it also makes everyone miserable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Option B requires the brother to question whether he\u2019s wrong about the person. And if he is wrong, that would mean he\u2019s not as great an evaluator of people as he thought, and he might just be acting selfishly. Further, if he were wrong, then speaking up would certainly worsen the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He realizes his values are screwed up if being right and imposing his decision on someone else is more important than that person\u2019s happiness and autonomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Often, if being wrong will improve the situation, then it\u2019s better to consider that you\u2019re wrong.<\/li><li><strong>If you feel as though everyone else is wrong and you\u2019re right, you\u2019re probably wrong.<\/strong> If you feel as though you\u2019re battling the world, you\u2019re probably fighting yourself.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why will changing how you see yourself improve your life? Why is &#8220;finding yourself&#8221; actually restrictive rather than freeing? When you challenge your identity, you allow yourself to grow as a person. 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