Types Of Self-Awareness

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Ratna Srewal (APCP)
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Session name- Self awareness
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Introduction
Self-awareness is a psychological state in which people are aware of their traits, feelings and behavior. Alternately, it can be defined as the realization of oneself as an individual entity."
(Crisp & Turner, 2010)
Self-awareness is the capacity for introspection and the ability to recognize as an individual separate from the environment and other individuals. Self-awareness is basically what one knows about himself or herself. It is a kind of realization of what one is. An individual by the way of self-awareness tends to find about himself as what his strengths and weaknesses are. So by this the individual knows that in which area he lacks and he can improve. It’s …show more content…

This type often emerges in conditions when people are in the center as in while giving a presentation or talking to each other in groups like with friends. They modify their behavior according to the social norms or to behavior which is socially acceptable as they are aware that someone is watching them, judging them or evaluating them. For some people constantly being watched by others become a problem that leads to anxiety, distress, worriedness and anxiousness.
• Private Self-Awareness: this is a type when people know about some aspects of themselves but in a private way. For example, seeing oneself in the mirror is a type of private self-awareness. When one forgets studying for an important test one gets the feeling that butterflies are flying in their stomach. His/her heart beats fast when they see the very person on whom they have crush on are some examples of private self-awareness.
• Self-Consciousness: A Heightened State of …show more content…

Now that I have better understanding of things about. So now I can deal with problems effectively. If I as professional do not know things about myself and at some point of time something triggers me and I gave a particular response and I am unable to think about it as why did I do that? The client can sense that I am not sure about myself and if he/she thinks like that then how am I going to help him. So it’s important to have knowledge about yourself. This helps an individual to strengthens his/her decision making power because now he/she has confidence in himself/herself as they are aware of themselves. He/she has confidence as whatever decision he/she has made is good for him/her. As a professional it’s important to know about myself as I will be able to help my clients to deal with their problems in a more effective

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