Instead of focusing on a desired future for myself, it is wise to understand who I am right now.
Instead of critiquing the moment, it is wise to reflect on the experiences of the past.
Instead of dwelling on the past, it is wise to minimize an anticipated future.
Instead of waiting for the future, it is wise to be mindful of the moment.
To understand who I am, I will reflect on my past, accept my future, all while maintaining myself "in the moment".
FERAL COGNITION
Id, desire and instinct -- the mind adapting to instant gratification or feelings of happiness.
INTEGRATED COGNITION
Ego, me-you-I -- the mind adapting to its place and role in the real world.
DOMESTICATED COGNITION
Superego, introspection and inner-control -- the mind inhibiting and controlling desires and emotions.
An untamed ego results in an unstable individual, on both the inside and out.
Borderline personality disorder is not a disorder of behavior (or PERSONALITY), but rather a developmental disorder of the ego (Latin: I, self) due to poor integration.
Borderlines believing they have a personality disorder only exacerbates insecurities of the self.
I hypothesize why borderline personality disorder is the most expensive mental disorder in the system. Not because we are too broken, but because we are being led down the wrong path of recovery.
Read how psychoanalysis and philosophy of the self are integral parts to the recovery of the YOU that you are missing out on.
What do you think?