Deeniece Myra Padilla Arroyo BSN1f

UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

Assignment.
Write about how much you have change since your elementary days, high school days, up to
the present your salient characteristics, traits, behavior, thinking, etc. and the reason for your
changes.

Elementary High School College

Curious Faithful Positivity
Hard Headed Imaginative Forgiveness
Ignorant Being Empathetic Being Empathetic
Chubby (physical Chubby (physical Chubby (physical aspect)
aspect) aspect)
In elementary I was In high school, the nerd As a freshman I’m still
a somehow a nerd. I in me faded away, started passionate about learning not just
never took part in any going out with friends, fell in about a single academic area but
sports. I was interested a love, wasted hours on about the world around me.
lot in music. watching Korean dramas,
and became obsessed with
music and dance.

I like to move I was very sensitive in College in progress, still

around a lot but this only many ways, and as a obsessed with music, trying to
happens when I’m the teenager then I must be very find the nerd in me because I
only one left in the emotionally independent. don’t want to fail the first
room. semester already.
I always want to I started to like to talk Self-reliance is valuable, but
play but I’m too shy to and mingle with others. so is making the choice to invest
join other kids who are in mutually-supportive
playing. relationships. I start to find people
I can help, and find people who
can help me.
I love to have some I started to love myself. Having a Self-Awareness. If I
time playing badminton The foundation of self- were stressed, I think through
and also computer confidence is self-love. How why it's happening. If I’m not
games like crossfire, can you learn to have trust performing well, I trace my habits
counterstrike, left4dead in yourself if you don't love and look for weaknesses. I don't
and other online games. yourself first? How can you get so caught up in the moment
possibly fall in love with that I can't still learn from it.
yourself if you don't know
who you are?
Master the skills of self-
 awareness and self-love
before attempting to master
self-confidence.

I become discouraged I started to accept both I started to manage myself.

easy. my talents and flaws. That Plan, schedule, follow through,
isn't to say I can't work on follow up, measure results, and
my own flaws. It's about hold myself accountable for what
respecting who I am and needs to be done. It is like
what sets me apart from the opening my perspective to a
rest of the world. Remember clearer view in life that can leads
to love yourself first when me in positive thinking.
you begin to doubt your own
self-belief.
I view acceptance of I started to How I see my mistakes
mistake by saying sorry. acknowledge my errors or influences how I react to them
mistakes in order to learn and what I do next. For as long as
from it and not to make the the initial shock and anguish
same mistake again. regarding your blunder remains,
you're likely to see it solely in a
negative perspective. But, as I've
always told myself, if you can
reframe your error as a chance to
learn, you'll drive yourself to
become more informed and
resilient.
When I was in In high school I define Success means happiness.
elementary, I view success as the outcome of Success is not only defined to the
success as achieving my something that we want to things that we achieve in life.
dreams in life. do. When we achieve our goal does it
consider us to be successful? We
can consider it successful but do
we feel satisfied? No, because its
human nature we never get
satisfied. When we unlock
achievement, we are stepping up
the game then we’ll achieve
another goal in order for us to say
that we’re successful so it’s never
ending. The real concept of
success is measured on happiness.
As long as you are happy, you are
successful.
 After having seen your “self” from various stages:

Similarities in all stage Differences in all stages Reasons for change, or

what caused you to
change
They helped me on my In the first stage where I am still Change allows you
journey throughout life, which is a kid, I am innocent, shy and my to grow into the person
something I've witnessed at all happiness is like shallow for a toy and you desire. The causes
stages of my life. I developed as a candy can make me laugh or smile. In for these differences in
human being and evolved into second stage where I'm an me are to view myself as
the person I am now through adolescent, I changed physically and the best "me" I can be. I
going through those stages. I is more into experimentation and want to learn more
believe that certain "things" will exploration. And I am now sensitive about myself because I
change as humans developed, emotionally. In third stage when I believe that the best is
while others will develop and become an adult, I am now matured yet to come, and there is
remain the same. I think the when it comes to decision making and no time to waste. I feel
"THINGS" I'm referring to are the are also now sophisticated. I feel that, that having differences is
values, qualities, and certain despite the "things" that I've grown already a large risk since
features we've developed since and cultivated, there will still be you never know if it will
then. I know deep down in my "things" that need to be entirely benefit you or harm you,
heart that I was still able to retain changed and omitted, particularly but it is a great attempt
these things up until now those negative traits that cause me to because you are learning
because I acknowledge that spoil good memories. I also noticed a to discover your actual
change does not necessarily seek lot of changes in my physical self. Change is
to be different; it may also be for characteristics as I grew older, unavoidable, so make an
progress and development, which possibly due to puberty or effort to stand out
is why I always believe that I am adolescence, and as far as I can tell, because you owe it to
the same person I was before, the most significant difference was yourself, not to others.
only a better one. My faith and that I became more mature and
confidence in God, as well as my aware of the more realistic world;
attitude toward my family, have from playing to studying, from making
never changed since then. One simple decisions to making much
thing that hasn't changed since more complex decisions, and from
then is my faith and confidence in childhood to adulthood. It's good to
God, as well as my attitude have distinctions in our lives, but keep
toward my family, since their in mind that the difference should be
love is unchanging and to be yourself, not to be like others.
unconditional.
If there were no outside influence, would you have wanted to change by yourself or would
you have changed yourself?
With or without the outside influence, I would still change myself for the better version
of me. Getting back to your inner self is essential to being the ideal version of yourself. As
simple as it may seem, genuine self-discovery takes bravery and perseverance. You must ignore
distracting erroneous ideas that obscure or distort your self-perception in order to reach your
fundamental self. It's essential to consider that you're always developing and growing. You
consume a variety of meals, dress in a variety of outfits, meet new people, make and lose
friends, and make a wide variety of life decisions that do not necessarily affect only you. That's
how life is. What matters is that you accept responsibility for your actions, regardless of who
they affect. You are as valuable as any other human being, and you are deserved to the same
level of respect and honesty.

What aspect of your self would you like to change? Why?

I wanted to change my physical aspect because it’s kind of tiring to be the same look or
appearance that people see me over the years of living here in the world. People always judge
by looking at a person’s physical appearance. You might have heard a common line that they
don’t judge people. But the truth is everyone is judgmental. They judge people based on the
way of talking, walking, gesticulation and their overall physical appearance. Your cloths and
hairstyle does not represent who you are, but people around you will always judge you upon
these things. Thus, it is important to improve your physical appearance in every way. I also
want to change my emotional aspect of self. Individuals are hesitant and unprepared to manage
their emotions, making them the most hated aspect of the self. Managing emotions is similar to
trying to keep water in your hand. They are misleading and illusory. A choice made under
extreme stress generally has a negative influence on emotions. Negative emotions are retained
and repressed if they are not controlled. Repression is harmful to a happy self because it stores
all feelings, not just unpleasant ones. It is increasingly impossible to access sensations when
they are needed, leaving the individual numb and despondent.
In the movie you watched: The Jungle Book (1967 film)

What do you think would have happened if the main character was raised or grew up in a
different setting? What would the changes in them be?
If Mowgli was raised or grew up in a different setting he might lived as a normal child
who was raised by his mother and father. Mowgli is isolated from the rest of humanity and
devoid of human socialization; therefore, he lacks the human ability to communicate through
spoken and understandable language. Throughout the human past, accounts of wild children
suggest a ceaseless attempt to understand what it means to be human. Like Baloo, a wild child
has no words, but can speak to the meaning of human existence which suggests a blurring of
the boundaries between the human animal and the non-human.

If you were in the same situation, how do you think would you be?
If I were in the same situation, I would think that I am different from the creatures in the
jungle and I am not belonging to the jungle. The cognitive difference between humans and
animals is much more heavily emphasized throughout the film. Man’s capacity for rational
thought is widely cited as the main distinguishing feature between humans and animals. Let’s
start with “man’s red flower”, the phrase used by the animals to describe ‘fire’. The ‘red flower’
stands for man’s superior intelligence and more civilized state; only humans know the secret of
how to make it, and its devastating effects are feared by the animals, reinforcing human control
over the jungle. Even King Louie, King of the Apes and “jungle V.I.P.”, is aware of the power this
ability gives man. As he sings “I want to be like you”, we are reminded, yet again, of the abyss
that remains between man and beast, not only because he “desires man’s red fire”, but also
because he wants to “walk like” and “talk like” humans too. Mowgli’s character also serves to
remind us of human-animal difference. In a highly dynamic complex world, we all juggle
multiple roles at home, at work, and in our local community, often disillusioned with our true
self. We often try and adapt to each environment and try blending in, to somehow fit in the
pack. As demonstrated in the movie, you can still belong to the pack and yet be true to yourself.
Yes, it does help to have friends and supporters who believe in you, but the moment of truth
kicks in when you truly accept yourself, dropping your fears and shedding your masks!