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Originally Posted by sugahorse
You know what - I do think I define myself by my achievements. Ever since school - being able to come with a great report card, or scoring 100% in a test, or being dux of my primary school - these were all things that I could be proud of, and my parents could be proud of me.
I don't want to be a mushroom, kept in the dark. I want to be a rose, that people can see blossom
Blackpup - I'm keen to discuss your viewpoints on this further... I think you may have opened my eyes to something...
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I guess I have spent alot of time with this in therapy. Thinking about what I define myself by: achievements, position, other peoples opinions...
Thinking about it does a couple things, it makes you aware of why you (over!)react to things and allows you to reasses how you see yourself.
If you are going to stop defining yourself by those things, what are you going to define yourself by?
As a christian, I define myself as made in the image of God, valued and loved by him so much that he sacrificed his son, but also as sinful and prone to making mistakes, like all humans... With that on board, all the rest becomes insignificant
