What is something that helped you mentally evolve?

Question

What caused the change and what was the change? 🍿🙂

Apulu_backagain · Accepted Answer

You know, I was a big big people pleaser a 2-3 years back. I started getting my own personality when I realised 'i don't have to do that'.

Let me be more elaborate. So I have this cousin and we are pretty close but live really far away and we have been texting regularly since I was like 12 and got my own phone. He is a good guy but few or more of his opinions are really mysogynist or sexist or in general radical in a bad way. For example he tells me that there are no limits and I can do whatever I want but when it came to 11th grade trigonometry and math he was like, it's the most difficult stuff and that I can't do it.

So it created a major mind block that I won't be able to do 11th grade math. Everything he said was really influential to my mind because he's elder by 3 years and also because we started being close in my pre teens, the most delicate year for mind and personality.

Now I'm in 12th grade and I completed trigonometry of 11th grade in like 5 hours and even did whole calculus of 12th grade in that same day.

and he has few very critical opinions of clothing. Which kinda contradicts mine because I'm really into fashion and in my eyes, self expression shouldn't be judged by men wearing skirts or women wearing high slit dresses.

And then randomly one day as a 15 year old I realised

'I don't have to do that, I don't have to live like that'

Similar is the case with my mom, she doesn't really approve few of my poetries which are based on critical themes like suicide. She says she doesn't understand that kind of art and why even write it if it's not positive. So I tried to change my writing style, but obviously you can't suck out our essense from your art.

So I didn't change myself anymore. Because I realised 'I can write the way I want'.

Life is so beautiful since then. I blocked my cousin few months ago and stopped having conversation on serious topics with my mom and I feel so free. I guess that was kya point of mental evolution.

MemeSupreme · Accepted Answer

yoga moga doga foga koga joga hoga poga voga roga woga zoga coga loga toga qoga

it just helps make you feel better overall bc you feel looser, productive, and even with my body like my scoliosis (pain) l. it does a lot

Lliam · Accepted Answer

Reading nonfiction books on many subjects.

Also, beginning in my early 50s, meeting some very bright, informed, older people when my wife and I moved to this area and started attending a nondenominational Unitarian Universalist church.
I became very active there and wound up chairing a large committee. Because of that, I gained a lot of confidence and spoke before the congregation many times. I had never spoken in public before. At first, it was terrifying.
I also returned to playing music (I had been a lead guitarist and vocalist in rock bands from age 16 through my early 30s) and got better than ever at vocals and creating arrangements of old rock and pop songs.

Through that church, I met a lady who asked me to join her local environmental nonprofit. We held educational events hosting renown speakers and Bioneers films, promoted local farmers, started farmers markets, encouraged healthy gardening, avoiding poisons and minimizing waste, promoting health, connecting with nature, and wholesome stuff like that. Nothing stupid or in your face. I wound up chairing that organization for 5 years. I spoke before large audiences many times and became well known and well regarded in the community. That was different from my life before we moved here.

Then, at some point, around 2010, I joined Facebook and "friended" lots of locals. A few of them turned out to be extremely bright and informed. They shared information and links on FB to things that I would never have otherwise heard of.
As I read links and articles they shared, I got the idea of sending friend requests to the authors and was surprised to be accepted.
As a result, I became FB friends with some amazing people - independent journalists, researchers, authors, etc. from around the world - who shared information that blew my mind.

Hellraiser1984 · Accepted Answer

Realizing my rich a hole relatives are miserable being rich. Lots trouble with the IRS they constantly cheat on each other. They backstab each other for money. They have serious substance abuse issues and make very stupid decisions with their money. They are so far in debt they will be debt for the rest of their lives.

Miah06 · Answer

When i gave my faith and path to god. I feel i became a better version of myself

14gurlz2gagonit · Answer

Learning to deal with retards. They're mentally inept as well as unable to think.

Dongie · Answer

I have been evolving, growing fairly steady with a few spurts and sputters along the way. I've steered really hard to avoid any large sudden changes. I didn't want to lose me.

jahaims · Answer

Growing up in a hostile environment

Anonymous · Answer

Meditation, and reading books.

lyrem04 · Answer

God, honestly.

Simslover92 · Answer

Therapy.

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

BUXOM BLONDES !!!

What is something that helped you mentally evolve?

Most Helpful Opinions

What Girls & Guys Said

What is something that helped you mentally evolve?

Most Helpful Opinions

What Girls & Guys Said

We're glad to see you liked this post.