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Old Jun 17, 2007, 09:04 PM
Hopefull Hopefull is offline
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You can change some of the things about yourself or add things like hobbies, successes etc.
I read a book called Self-esteem by Matthew McKay, Ph.D. and Patrick Fanning. The book had me describe myself using some different chategories which were: Physical appearance, social, personality, how others see me, performance at school/work, home responsibilities, mental functioning and sexuality. I was supposed to talk about the negatives and positives. Then proof read the negatives for accuracy, exageration, non-specificity and the other cognitive thinking patterns that we depressed people tend to do.

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I am very talkative except around authority figures. I have good eye contact except with family and authority figures. I am a good listener and have a lot of empathy for others. I struggle with a tendency to answer questions at work with "I think" because it lowers my fear of confrontation. I am comfortable saying, " No" when I need to which helps me not to resent others. I struggle with asking others for favors because I don't want to annoy anyone. I am currently seeking a balance between my need for others and mt need to be independent. When I depend on others, I fear that they will let me down. I have made a commitment to encourage others as I go about living my life.
I am a very responsible person who can be silly at times. I love to be silly! I can become irritable or cry when I compare myself to others. When someone corrects me, I get defensive and want to find a better way to respond.
Others see me as an intelligent and hard worker who beats herself up. When I am stressed or feel anxious, I cry.
At work and school, I have nearly perfect attendance. I am a good researcher and writer. I have a very good reading comprehension. I cry frequently at school because my classes make me think of childhood. While at work, I struggle to balance my perfectionistic tendencies and efficeincy. I complain at work about the lack of hours whic probably annoys my boss.
I am good at budgetting my money but I have been taking money out of savings a lot lately. I tend to fall behind on my dishes and other cleaning projects. I am kind of lazy and want to enjoy myself rahter than work when I am at home.
I enjoy reading mysteries and Christian books. I love to draw nature scenes, portraits and psychological pictures. I enjoy photographing nature scenes.