Tag: Mental Health
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How to Know Yourself-68: The Impact of Relationships on Self-Image
Life’s Balance: How We Approach Problems and Their Impact on Daily Life Life has a strange balance—the problems we face and the connections between them. It’s part of life’s reality. Today, as always, we’ll continue with questions, reflecting on how we approach challenges and how they affect our everyday lives. With this, we’ll wrap up…
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How to Know Yourself-67: Building a Strong Self-Care Philosophy
Questions for Reflection: Health Challenges, Stress, and Self-Care Today’s self-reflection questions: Have you faced any major health problems recently? How did you feel psychologically during illness? What is your philosophy of self-care? Do you neglect living well because you think, “We’ll all die someday anyway”? How often does your mental state turn into physical symptoms?…
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How to Know Yourself-65: Mastering Mind and Stress
Today’s questions revolve around how the mind influences our physical health and emotional state. But let’s be clear — this isn’t about “it’s all in your head” or some heavy academic study. As always, we’re approaching today’s reflections playfully, without aiming for rigid conclusions. How does our mind affect our physical and emotional health? It…
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How to Know Yourself-64: Questions for Deep Reflection
The journey of self-discovery is an experience that helps us understand who we truly are. As we delve deeper into our existence, we encounter many questions that illuminate different aspects of our lives. The more we ask these questions, the more we not only learn new things about ourselves, but we also begin to see…
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How to Know Yourself-63: Understanding Health and Self-Awareness
Health, Self-Awareness, and Modern Misconceptions It’s a common saying: “Health comes first.” We’ve all heard it — a cliché as old as time, and famously voiced by figures like Sakıp Sabancı. But let’s set aside the cliché itself and ask ourselves some real questions about our own relationship with health. Getting to know ourselves is…
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How to Know Yourself-62: Navigating Curiosity and Experience
On the Desire for Novelty, Psychedelics, and the Search for Experience When it comes to exploring new things, do you see yourself as an extremist — someone who pushes all boundaries — or do you have certain limits and preconceptions that guide your actions? Have you ever seriously considered trying psychedelic substances? How did you…
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How to Know Yourself-61: Exploring Your Life Choices
The title gives it away: our question today is, how does the constant search for excitement and change impact your daily life? Does it affect your relationships, preferences, or career? When a new travel destination or possibility comes to mind, what are the first questions you ask yourself? And what do those questions reveal about…
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Returning Home, Forgetting the Past
I am a Turkish migrant who lives in Germany over 10 years already. Time is flying. i came to Germany when i was 24 years old. Most of my 20s was here. It is hard to consider for me where is home because I am far from my past, not so strongly connected. The reason…
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Break Free from Algorithmic Thinking
Sometimes, we expect too much from people who’ve spent most of their lives consuming information shaped by algorithms, click-driven news outlets, and ratings-hungry TV shows—without ever developing a reading habit. But here’s the truth:All content is designed to grab your attention and shape your thinking.And I don’t mean that in a conspiracy-theory way.Whether you realize…
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How to Know Yourself-49: Embrace Spontaneity
The Truth About Being Spontaneous Spontaneous.A word loved by many today—and just as often misunderstood. It’s often associated with chaos, lack of planning, and “just going with the flow.” Tied closely to that ever-popular phrase: “Live in the moment.” But this interpretation leads to a deeper misunderstanding. Because truly living in the moment doesn’t mean…
