Hello, questioner! I'm Jiang 61, and I'm excited to help you!
Thank you so much for trusting us and being willing to tell us about your confusion in order to get help! We're excited to help you. Your confusion is: "While thinking about the meaning of life, I am living a life of humility and cowardice, at a loss for what to do." Your state of conflict may exist in many people, but we can help you work through it! Let's analyze together what exactly caused this phenomenon.
1. State
1⃣️, doubts
You said, "I don't know what's wrong with me. For so many years, I've hated my life from the bottom of my heart."
You've been saying for years that you hate your life. I'd love to know what aspect of yourself you hate so I can help you!
You mentioned social understanding, difficulty communicating with others, and living a life of compromise.
2⃣️, Meaning of life
You said, "While pondering the meaning of life, I live a humble and cowardly life, and I have not achieved the result I want. But I'm excited to see what the future holds!"
"I want to live well, and I know I can! My spiritual world is full of possibilities, and I'm excited to explore them. I might have doubts and feel timid sometimes, but that's just part of the journey. What's wrong with me?"
It's so great to see that you have plans for your life! You've mentioned a few words that give me a good idea of your character.
Your pleasing personality
You know that you can do better than your current situation! It's obvious that you are not happy in your life and that you are trying to please other people.
This is clearly not the life you want, and that's okay!
Now, let's dive into the spiritual world!
You mentioned wanting to live a good life, and I'm excited to hear more about what that means to you! I'd love to know what spiritual world you're referring to, and what might be holding you back from living the kind of life you want.
Now, let's talk about doubt and timidity.
You want to work hard to create a good life for yourself, and I admire your ambition! However, you are doubtful and timid. What are those? What do they mean to you?
3⃣️, Confusion
Let's dive into this together!
You say, "I want to communicate well with people, but I can't feel the emotions and meanings they express, and my mind is in a mess. It's like when I was in school, analyzing the poems in my Chinese textbook, I just couldn't experience the various thoughts and emotions of the author.
I feel like a block of wood, but it seems that I have a natural talent for mathematics, science, and chemistry!
Oh, what could have possibly happened to my heart? When I was young, I was also a sensitive person. Why is it that now I'm left with nothing but anger and suspicion? Could it really be related to my family of origin?
Understanding
You have the incredible ability to understand complex sentences in your language textbooks. You can even feel the thoughts and emotions of the writer!
On the other hand, you have a strong understanding of mathematics, physics, and chemistry!
This is your natural tendency to lean towards the sciences, which is governed by the nerves in your brain. In other words, your logical thinking is well developed, and your language organization and expression, including comprehension, are slightly inferior to the sciences—but that just means there's room for improvement!
Luckily, you're not alone! Many people are in the same situation as you.
Let's dive into the fascinating topic of emotional changes!
You said that when you were young, you were emotionally delicate, but that you changed as you grew up and became more stoic. It's fascinating how you've developed a unique approach to compromise, embracing suspicion and anger. I'm curious to know what shaped your journey from a sensitive child to a more assertive adult.
This change has a lot to do with your family environment and social environment at school, which is really interesting!
4⃣️, closed
You say, "I have never opened my heart to anyone, including my wife and mother. I have few friends because I feel no affection, friendship, or love."
Change
Because of certain events, you have had the opportunity to learn and grow! You have experienced emotional trauma, which has given you the chance to learn how to express your emotions in a healthy way. You have also had the chance to learn how to interact with others in a way that is more authentic to you. You have become more self-reliant and self-sufficient!
:: Closed state
Because there is no normal communication, you have almost no friends. But that means there's plenty of room for new friends! You feel that no words from other people can ever reach your heart. But that just means you have the opportunity to create new, positive words for yourself!
So you can't experience the amazing feeling of family love, the joy of friendship, or the incredible sensation of love!
2. Let's dive into the fascinating causes of this phenomenon!
There are so many reasons for such changes in your life! We'll look at two aspects: internal and external.
1⃣️, Internal perspective
Let's start with the internal perspective.
Your personality is so interesting!
From your description, I can tell that you are a people-pleaser and a melancholic—and you're great at both!
? Compliant personality
A pleasing personality is one that focuses on pleasing others without regard for one's own feelings. It is an unhealthy state of mind. The essence of pleasing others is that others are more important than I am. I am only safe and loved if I make others feel comfortable.
This means you pay more attention to what others think of you and what they think, while ignoring your true feelings.
People with a melancholic personality are truly fascinating!
People with a melancholic personality have so many amazing qualities!
Characteristics: thoughtful, highly sensitive, idealistic, and a pursuit of truth and beauty.
You have so many amazing strengths! You're delicate and perceptive, loyal and reliable, talented, and insightful.
On the downside, you can be a bit obsessive, indecisive, self-centered, pessimistic, and passive.
You strive for perfection, are overly sensitive to people, things, and situations in the outside world, are indecisive, not good at socializing, relatively passive in life, and overly pessimistic about your situation. But you're working on it!
Embrace your lack of self-awareness!
Your lack of self-confidence and trust in people are closely related to your lack of self-awareness — and you can change that!
Now, let's dive into the fascinating topic of self-awareness!
Self-awareness is also self-consciousness, a complex and fascinating psychological phenomenon with multiple dimensions and levels. It is composed of the three incredible psychological components of self-knowledge, self-experience, and self-control.
Now, let's dive into the fascinating topic of self-awareness!
In terms of the form of cognition, it is manifested in four amazing forms: self-feeling, self-observation, self-analysis, and self-criticism. Collectively, they are known as "self-awareness."
Now, let's dive into the fascinating world of self-experience!
In terms of emotional forms, it is manifested in a number of fascinating ways, including self-feeling, self-love, self-esteem, self-service, inferiority, a sense of responsibility, a sense of duty, and a sense of superiority. Collectively, these are known as "self-experience."
Now, let's talk about self-control!
In terms of will forms, it is manifested in so many amazing ways! It can be seen in self-reliance, autonomy, self-control, self-improvement, self-defense, self-discipline, and so much more. Collectively, these are referred to as "self-control," and they are truly incredible!
The importance of self-awareness is huge!
Self-awareness is an absolutely essential part of personal development. First, you need to know yourself, be able to distinguish yourself from your surroundings, and then you can recognize objective things in the outside world.
The second thing to know about self-awareness is that it's based on a person's self-awareness and self-control. And it promotes self-education!
Know who you are!
Knowing who I am is the key to understanding my current psychological characteristics and problems, as well as my abilities, specific traits, interests, hobbies, strengths, and weaknesses. I can then play to my strengths, make up for my weaknesses, and improve myself! Your strong understanding of the sciences and poor emotional communication with others is a contrast of strengths and weaknesses in you, and also your characteristic.
If you understand yourself, you'll be amazed at how little your shortcomings matter!
Knowing where I come from is a great way to understand the past state of my psychological development and its value. It's a fantastic way to explore how I should deal with problems in order to gain my own value!
Knowing where you come from is a great way to understand the past state of your psychological development and its value. And it's a wonderful thing to explore how you should deal with problems in order to gain your own value!
And now for the best part: knowing where I'm going!
Once you know who I am and where I come from, and understand your own abilities and values, you'll be able to properly assess what you can do in the future and solve your own future development problems!
When you lack self-awareness, it can lead to a lot of doubts about yourself. But don't worry! You can overcome these doubts and learn how to handle things when they happen. You'll also discover what you're truly capable of.
This is an amazing opportunity for you to grow and develop!
2⃣️, Appearance
? The influence of the original family
? Reason
From the outside looking in, one of the main reasons for your current difficulties in social interactions and your inability to express emotions is the impact of your family environment on you. When you were young, you were a sensitive person, meaning you could perceive other people's emotions and the meaning they were conveying very well. Now, however, you're learning to tune in to your emotions again! You may not know what other people are talking about, but that's okay. Your mind will go blank sometimes, but that's just your mind processing everything you're taking in.
? The impact
Your family life has had a huge impact on you! I suspect that at least one of your parents is very dominant, loves to point out faults, criticizes, and controls your words and actions.
? Controlling personality
Controlling people want others to respect them, listen to their opinions, and not have their own ideas. Otherwise, they will fly into a rage—and it's fascinating to see how they handle it!
People with an accusatory personality
Blame-shifting people are great at pointing out others' mistakes. They're used to taking the lead and aren't afraid to speak their mind. "It's all your fault," and "What's wrong with you?" are their catchphrases, and they're not afraid to use them!
When we look at their inner experiences, we can see that blaming types usually fail alone. But here's the exciting part: they prefer to isolate themselves from others to maintain their authority!
Your personality is again a pleasing personality, and your thoughts and actions are always met with constructive criticism or suggestions on how to improve. You have ideas, and you're ready to share them! You'll suppress your emotions and obey their wishes for now, but you'll start communicating with others again soon. You'll start thinking again, and you'll start to let go of the anger.
The social environment has caused
Your difficulty in socializing. There is also a situation where you encounter some kind of sudden situation when you come into contact with others, which makes you feel terrified and causes you to have a disability. As a result, whenever you communicate with others, you become anxious, unable to think, and have difficulty understanding what others mean. The more anxious you become, the less you can express yourself, so you simply avoid contact with others.
But don't worry! There are ways to change this.
3. Change
I think you're ready to make a change!
I think you've brought up all these issues because you're ready to make a change! I believe that:
1⃣️, Embrace the current situation!
You may be having a little trouble communicating with others at the moment. This is totally normal! It's influenced by your family of origin, your personality, and also your excessive nervousness and concerns about not expressing yourself clearly. When you accept that you are having difficulty expressing yourself clearly, just tell the other person frankly, "I didn't understand what you meant. Could you repeat it?"
2⃣️ Deliberate practice
Between acquaintances
Embrace your choices and relax! It's totally fine if you have trouble with people. You can always ask for repetition and get clarification from different angles. Plus, you can level up your comprehension skills through learning and understanding.
Between strangers
Be bold and communicate with people easily! The more relaxed you are, the more at ease you will be in communicating. The more open-minded you are, the more topics you will have, and the better your comprehension will be!
You can even try communicating with friends to get their affirmation and convince yourself after the enhancement. Then, get ready to communicate and greet strangers!
For example, chat with the community service staff or hotel doorman about everyday life and topics of interest. It's a great way to get to know your surroundings! Try to understand what they mean, and if you are not sure about something, you can always say more.
The key here is to conquer your nerves and embrace the challenge of connecting with new people. Get ready to dive into the exciting world of communicating with strangers in unfamiliar settings!
3⃣️, Get to know yourself better!
It's time to re-understand yourself!
Once you let go of your past, you'll get to know the amazing present you again! You'll discover who you are, what your incredible abilities are, your interests and hobbies, your strengths and weaknesses, your personality and other fascinating characteristics.
You know what you can do, and you know what you can't do. You know what you can accept, and you know what you can't accept. You know what you can offer, and you know what you can't offer. You try to make the most of your strengths, and you avoid your weaknesses.
It's time to build your self-confidence!
Once you've achieved results in your strong areas, it's going to be amazing! You'll feel more confident than ever, your abilities will be recognized, your sense of worth will be established, and your sense of accomplishment will be enhanced. Your self-confidence will be stronger than ever!
Questioner, I believe you mentioned that accepting the current situation will prevent you from indulging in the past and being nervous about communicating with others, and that you will have a new beginning. Through deliberate practice and re-self-awareness, you will know who I am, where I came from, and where I can go. You will set my own direction, stop worrying, and confidently be yourself.
And finally, I want to encourage the original poster to be confident in being themselves!
Comments
I can relate to feeling lost and disconnected from others. It's tough when you can't understand the emotions in poetry or even in people around you, but maybe it's time to explore those feelings with a professional who can help unravel your thoughts.
It sounds like you've been carrying a lot of weight on your shoulders for years. Sometimes, excelling in one area like science doesn't mean you're supposed to be good at everything. It's okay to struggle with understanding emotions; it doesn't make you a blockhead. Maybe focusing on what you're good at and seeking support for the rest could bring some peace.
Your talent in mathematics and sciences is something to be proud of, yet it seems overshadowed by your struggles with emotional connection. Have you considered that perhaps the pressure you put on yourself to understand life's deeper meanings might be part of what's holding you back? Sometimes giving yourself permission to not have all the answers can be freeing.
Feeling stuck between your intellectual achievements and emotional barriers must be incredibly challenging. It might be worth exploring if past experiences, especially within your family, have shaped your current outlook. Opening up, even if just a little, to someone you trust could be the first step towards healing and finding a way to connect with others.