SLC-S29/W6 | Mind & Learn: The Psychology Journey "Self Examination"

It's sad to see and know that this challenge is coming to an end. This challenge has been helpful to me in several ways that I can't even imagine. I discovered that the power of the body is the mind, and the mind can control the body to do things the body isn't willing to do. Starting from the anger and emotions control aspect, it may not be useful to me now until I have someone I call a wife or am probably living alone by myself.

Right from week 1, I've been consistent even though I've been making a couple of mistakes in my post to get a top score. Now, this isn't about the score. It was about me. I wasn't participating just to win alone. I was participating to get the great benefits of mind control and body application.

My experience participating in the mind control game was good. It made me see that several physical and common things can be done when one is depressed, angry, or has a phobia of something without going to see the doctor as if you have a mental problem or something.

Trying the book, music, and movie therapy helped me wave off most negativity from my thoughts, and it's because of this challenge that I thought of this. Most times when I'm depressed, I find it difficult to eat, and I keep dwelling on this.

My phobia of heights was dissolved after the meditation program given in the challenge. The mediation exercise focused on mind development. My mind was programmed to change thoughts, and I was expected to focus on my breathing when this happens. This meditation got my fears involved, which I fought with and eliminated. For the first time, I thought of facing my fears of climbing a bridge across the road. Everyone has crossed this bridge except me, because of my phobia. I had a great time on this beach, removing negative, pessimistic views that something bad can happen to me. I conquered it for real.

For anger control, I learned from the steps that I provided. I never thought of these steps when I'm always angry, but this challenge made this possible. Meditation is a big part of anger, and meditation can help calm the nerves and remove negativities. Leaving the scene and remaining calm was what I learned, and I'll try if cases like this occur. And last, I discovered that talking to people about my problem is the best because they may have had such problems and can share the best ways of solving it or even offer professional advice, and I tried this.

My experience wasn't just about participating in the program or meditation exercise. It was also about applying what I wrote, learning from other people's entries, and learning from the stories given on a weekly basis. I bet those stories struck me for good.

Humans will always have the two sides of a coin, and they can't escape it because it will always show itself. Considering the good aspects in different events,

Having my first $1k in crypto was an event that changed my life for the good. The excitement was there. Passing my exams with a 5.0*, helping others become financially independent, changing the lives of those who hated me from first sight, forgiving a friend who gossiped behind my back and made me subject to public shame, etc.

I find my being good in these situations very comforting, as I have no room for regrets. I felt like I was just so perfect with an exemplary lifestyle. But along the line, I faced serious obstacles before I could stand out in these good aspects.

My humility was tested because the money was just there at an early stage. I began developing a measure of pride and class, which was a great obstacle to my being humble and influential at the same time. Even when I had good grades, the thoughts of being better than others crept in.

I'll talk about the mistakes. I allowed pride to make me give up on my friends who were struggling with finances. I felt I should be where people of importance are, and I began relating mostly with people that shared my rich mindset rather than those who I've spent years nurturing friendships with. As to the aspect of academic excellence, I felt I was better than other people. I was closer to those who were also intelligent and abandoned my friends who were averagely intelligent. These were mistakes I made.

Reading books like the Bible, praying, and seeking professional advice helped me see that pride is before a crash, and I saw that my actions were rather too rash and greedy because of wanting to be influential and be among those that have money. While associating with these ones, I gave more time to my friends and even helped them in becoming as intelligent as I was.

The positive aspect was that I didn't allow ignorance, pride, and greed to really creep in. It was just the surface, from which I came to a realization and changed immediately. We're still best friends and forever. Money won't separate the love I have for my friends.

Anger issues in a wedding ceremony when my seat was taken, being jealous of seeing my friend with other people, and depression when the market crashed and all my millions were just dropping.

I found it very difficult to cure my depression because I was exposed to things that made me even more depressed. Anytime I watch the market, my depression grows worse, and most times, the thought of life being worthless creeps in. It was an obstacle to moving forward. Concerning the jealousy, what hindered me from having a proper sense of it were the thoughts of another person snatching my friend from me. Concerning the anger issues, what served as an obstacle to changing was the feeling of being weak and not being able to stand up for what was right.

The mistake I made was violently addressing a man who is older than me to get up from my seat and find another. I made it physical since he wasn't yielding. I embarrassed this man at that wedding just because people knew me and I was like a public figure. The man left in shame because I physically abused him, telling him that people like him don't belong where wealthy men are.

Concerning my friend, I cut off ties with him because I assumed he had left me. I moved on, not knowing it was the opposite. I made him depressed because I refused to accept him back.

Meditation and reflecting on the incident and how I would have done better were strategies that helped me. Forgiveness is very difficult when you have pride. I had to pray to God for a humble heart, to see things differently, and to put myself in people's shoes. I locked most of my crypto apps so I'll not go into depression, and I socialized more with people instead of remaining indoors.

Both Mehvin and her father made mistakes in the story, and they would have done things differently. Let's talk about Mehvin. On her part, she allowed her failure to define her own. She believed that repeated failure isn't a lesson that can make one adjust or turn over a new leaf but rather her being extremely incapable or unlucky.

She just felt she was the definition of failure instead of the other way around. Instead of seeing her setbacks in life as an experience and then looking for strategies to improve, seeking other people's help, and the like, she made up her mind that no matter what she did, she wouldn't succeed.

She quit a lot of projects and isolated herself, thinking she was her own problem. This isolation and feeling of homelessness brought about ever more negative thoughts. That's how some people on Steemit do. When they write and feel they are not getting the recognition, they quit and call themselves failures, saying Steemit is not for them. Mehvin allowed her insecurities to overwhelm her.

She didn't ask for help earlier on strategies to be better. If she had opened up to her father before things grew worse, she would have gotten life-changing advice, which may have included ways to improve and be better rather than seeing herself as a failure. It's normal for one to think they say she did, but isolating, quitting, and running away wasn't the answer.

Her father, on the other hand, felt her struggles were just normal and what everyone passes through. He didn't understand the emotional health of his child and generalized her problem. If he had taken her emotional distress seriously instead of seeing it from a lighter angle, her situation wouldn't have been worse. As a father, his experiences would have comforted and soothed her. Even though he wasn't really helping, he would have sought professional help. When he later did the right thing, it was already late because the damage had escalated.

He wouldn't have underestimated her daughter's pain because girls of her nature have delicate emotional health. Fathers shouldn't always expect their children to tell them their problems. They should reach out to their children and provide that fatherly atmosphere. The same applies to mothers.

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