Self awareness- psychiatric nursing pptx

This is a ppt on psych nursing about self awareness

1. Self- awareness

2. What is self-awareness? Self-awareness is one’s ability to identify and understand one’s feelings, thoughts, and behaviours. As a result, an individual can monitor oneself better and create a more purposeful life.

3. is the ability to focus on yourself and how your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or don't align with your internal standards. If you're highly self-aware, you can objectively evaluate yourself, manage your emotions, align your behaviour with your values, and understand correctly how others perceive you.

4. Most of Us Lack Self-Awareness Our human nature makes it incredibly challenging to be self-aware. We’re dealing with outdated brain functions and survival instincts that are rooted in ancient times. As a result, we often become caught up in defensive emotions and biases that prevent us from being self-aware.

5. The best part is that these defenses make us think we’re self-aware when in reality, only about 10-15% of people are truly self-aware.

6. 6 Signs that You Lack Self-Awareness

7. 1. Your emotional reaction doesn’t match the situation

8. 2. You get defensive when receiving feedback

9. 3. You repeat negative emotional patterns

10. 4. The things you do to “make yourself feel better” don’t actually make you feel better

11. 5. You haven’t found a way to be consistently successful

12. 6. You regularly regret decisions in your everyday life

13. Why is self-awareness important? There are many benefits of self-awareness that you will experience both in your everyday life and overall.

14. HOW TO BOOST YOUR SELF-AWARENESS

15. Listen to your inner voice We all have an inner voice that chats away in the background most of the time – just try to empty your mind and think of nothing, and you’ll soon realise how active that inner voice is. Try to take more notice of what your inner voice is saying, because it could tell you something about yourself that you may not have realised previously.

16. Take a couple of minutes every day to sit quietly and observe your thoughts. Try writing them down and then assess them once a week.

17. Keep a journal As well as writing down your inner thoughts, it’s a good idea to keep a daily journal in which you record your experiences and feelings. These things can help you understand more about yourself, especially if you review what you’ve written at a later date.

18. Put your personality to the test Many psychologists believe that knowing and understanding your personality can boost your self-awareness significantly. So, even if you think you know your personality pretty well, try taking a personality test – it may well surprise you.

19. Ask for feedback How friends, colleagues and family members see you may not be the way you see yourself. So ask them to tell you about their perceptions of you.

20. Ask lots of basic questions about your personality and attitude, do they think you’re a happy person, for example, or how well do they think you interact with other people? Ask them to be honest. But take care: asking for feedback could mean you may hear something you won’t like.

21. Try something new If, like many people, you tend to do the same things in your daily life, trying new experiences may help you to discover new things about yourself. That’s because your reaction to new people and environments can reveal hidden strengths or weaknesses that you may not otherwise have come across.

22. So, instead of going on the same type of holiday this year, go somewhere completely different. Try a restaurant you’ve never been to before. Or learn something new and take-up a new hobby. It can all help you to become more self-aware.