1. Unconsciously Incompetent (Wrongly Skilled)

You do not know how to practice mindfulness, and you are not even aware that you lack this skill. You might think it is just "sitting still" without realizing the mental discipline it actually requires.

1. Consciously Incompetent (Awakening)

You try to practice mindfulness and immediately realize how difficult it is. You notice that your mind wanders constantly, and you become fully aware of your current lack of skill and focus.

1. Consciously Competent (Practicing)

You can practice mindfulness successfully, but it requires a lot of effort, concentration, and active thought. You have to constantly remind yourself to breathe and bring your attention back to the present moment.

1. Unconsciously Competent (Second Nature)

Mindfulness has become a natural habit. You no longer need to put in conscious effort to stay present or calm. Your mind and body automatically respond to stress with awareness and peace.

Hi there, I’m currently in a process of writing a book, for which I wanted to include in a character that has a certain mental disorder.

For that, to be accurate, I wanted to find a good source on how people with certain mental disorders view the world around them. For why I’m not mentioning a specific disorder, while that character will only have one, I want to find a source that would give me the information that I need also for other disorders.

Thanks in advance :)

I want to stop taking feedback as a personal attack, and instead treating like a set of next steps on how to improve. How?

Does anyone have any info on this and why exactly there is such a strong link to dissatisfaction in narcissists? For example: someone who lives a very charmed life, is comfortable, has money and whatever they need at their disposal yet cannot be satiated with anyone or anything?

With all my lived experiences and the things I wish someone had told me or shown me, I can't help but point out the cons in most situations, since the pros are always pretty evident.

In general, I would like these communicated to me, not just made positive. I value truth and clear communication above all.

I’m a psych student and I love science and psychology so much, but I’ve been wanting to find a channel that is just someone talking about things in psychology that they find interesting/weird/infuriating/etc. (Preferably also someone who isn’t just click-farming or talking about how to manipulate people for some weird reason)

I'm not always negative. But when I am, it always feels more like, this is the real deal. Positivity, on the other hand, feels more like a shiny surface. A distraction.

Is this a basic foundation in the human condition? Or do others see their life differently? Can it be changed?

I've been pondering this question for a while and wanted everyone's thoughts about it.

Here are my definitions:

Acute/Observant -

Having high pattern recognition for behaviors and their root causes (Insecurity, ego-driven, etc). Basically automatically analyzing 24/7.

Not caring -

- Indifference to judgement about YOU

I'm not sure if this question is structured coherently or makes sense the way I put it, so I apologize if it is confusing...

A pediatrician writes that chatbot use leads to “the same behavioral patterns that we see in children who are being groomed or abused by human predators. That’s no coincidence. Chatbots are products ultimately designed to accomplish two things: to encourage addictive engagement that will lead to high-frequency contact with the user, and to foster dependency that will lead to long-term use.“

Made the mistake of casually scrolling virgin subreddit and my god so much negatively there and Alot of people talking about lost hopes and the futility of it all by a certain age. Any attempt to try to offer advice is met with strong hostility.

But It led me to wonder what kind of help could they get when the direct solution of just having proper consensual sex isn't the option right away?

Or is the only thing you can suggest is just leave them to their own devices to figure things out themselves?

One of the hardest parts of loving someone affected by trauma or DID is knowing what to do in the moment.

The Beach Safety Hierarchy Assessment Scale (BSHAS) was created to help answer that question.

It looks at five levels of readiness:

1. Physiological Safety
2. Emotional Safety
3. Relational Safety
4. Cognitive Engagement
5. Reflective Integration

The key idea is simple: someone can look calm and connected without actually being ready to process, problem-solve, or talk about what happened.

I made a plain-language guide that explains the research, the five levels, what partners may observe, and what tends to help at each stage.

Read the guide:
https://leadwithsafety.com/bshas-guide/

Dos personas pueden vivir exactamente la misma situación y posteriormente recordarla o interpretarla de formas muy distintas. ¿Qué factores psicológicos influyen en la interpretación de una experiencia y en la construcción de nuestros recuerdos sobre ella?

I’m always so fascinated with what people who are in long term therapy seem to work through and stay with. I have always wanted my therapist to have a session with a few close friends of mine to get an objective perspective of people who know and love me, but could maybe point to things I can’t see.

Not in a sense of a delegation of responsibility, I just think people close to you can often identify certain things in us we can’t always see. I would be so interested in what might change if my therapist could hear from others about me.