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How Introspective Are You?
I'm so introspective that I can give myself impartial opinions of myself. 37%  37%  [ 16 ]
Highly introspective but I still might be a bit biased in my self analysis. 28%  28%  [ 12 ]
More introspective than most but I still don't understand my wants, desires, and actions completely. 26%  26%  [ 11 ]
Average level of introspection. 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
I usually only reflect on myself or analyze myself during hard times in life, and I usually enlist the help of friends or a therapist. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I'm only introspective when I screw up in life. 7%  7%  [ 3 ]
I'm only introspective when others point certain things about myself out to me. I never really think about it on my own. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
People reflect on themselves? 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
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11 Jan 2011, 3:14 pm

I try to avoid introspection. Introspection for me is like visiting a musty attic or a damp basement. I find most of the interesting things outside myself. So I do not look inward.

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11 Jan 2011, 6:51 pm

I have always been an extremely introspective person and being able to take time to think about how I feel and the way I relate to the world is very important to me. When I was younger, it was very hard to understand where many of my thoughts and feelings came from and how to process them fully, but as I have grown older and gained additional coping skills, I have found that I am fairly good at figuring out the source of my problems and working out how to deal with them.


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11 Jan 2011, 7:50 pm

I spend a lot of time introspecting. It's very important to me to reflect on things, sort out my thoughts, and figure out what is at the root of an anxiety or behavior.



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11 Jan 2011, 7:59 pm

More introspective than most but I still don't understand my wants, desires, and actions completely.



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11 Jan 2011, 8:22 pm

I am very introspective, but I question it. Is it a sterling quality? I envy spontaneous people who live without giving it a lot of thought, sometimes. They seem so happy just being without thinking.



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12 Jan 2011, 2:40 am

Extroverted, pretty aware of my feelings, though suspect that I am not sure about subconsious feelings, yet introspective to the extreme, dog.

Sometimes I wonder about the power of my own introspection. I guess there are layers of delusion that I dont even know about yet. But I think that life will help me out with revealing that, it is always good at slapping me around with new stuff I cant handle.


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12 Jan 2011, 3:46 am

quesonrias wrote:
I have always been an extremely introspective person and being able to take time to think about how I feel and the way I relate to the world is very important to me. When I was younger, it was very hard to understand where many of my thoughts and feelings came from and how to process them fully, but as I have grown older and gained additional coping skills, I have found that I am fairly good at figuring out the source of my problems and working out how to deal with them.

You saved me having to post this about myself, for there it is. My introspection includes self-observation, that has really helped me to be successful in a lot of ways I think.