Limitations in self and social awareness
In regards to limitations in social and self consciousness there's really only one rule that applies: the person who cares the most is usually the one who suffers the consequences. For individual social consciousness the limit is your own extinction-no self-sufficient capabilities takes you to never lying to yourself at all, in any way, shape or form. For animals, in theory, it might be possible for them to be more self conscious than humans have become today. In actuality, some animal species are found to exhibit characteristics of intense self consciousness.
The human species has not yet found its place among the other species of animals concerning self awareness. Our species' self awareness is truly rather low, if we believe our level of self awareness to be an adequate measure for self-being. While this might be true in some respects (such as when human children are less self sensitive than do other children), it certainly doesn't imply that people can live without self awareness. As a matter of fact, self awareness-what many people would consider self awareness-is one of the most integral dimensions of human life which determines everything from how much we enjoy ourselves, to the way we go about doing the things that are important to us, to how successful we are at accomplishing those things.
Self awareness, in fact, are two very important dimensions of the quality of life. One dimension, self awareness, is self-dependent; it depends on our own experience of our own consciousness. Another dimension, self efficacy, refers to the degree to which people and other things function as they're supposed to. And still another dimension, the social dimension, refers to the extent to which people and other things meet their roles as they are supposed to.
If you were to ask someone if they had any limitations in social and self awareness, nearly everyone would say yes. In regards to self-awareness, individuals are fully aware of what they are, and their level of self efficacy is high. But when it concerns the extent to which they live up to their potential, people's levels of self awareness, their effectiveness, and their self-conception normally fall.
This brings us to the next dimension of self-conception: self worth. People judge others according to their level of self worth, which is also determined by self awareness and self efficacy. Limitations in self and social awareness are irrelevant when it comes to self love. People are judged by how worthy they are of good things, what their abilities are, their persistence, their devotion, their severity, their competence, etc. What people aren't judged by, however, is by what other people think of them.
Limitations in social and self awareness are, therefore, not caused by false or distorted expectations. Rather, these are brought on by a lack of real comprehension of ourselves and our capacities. It's this lack of understanding that causes false limitations in self and social awareness. Our true sense of who we are and our actual abilities go far beyond what are typically considered to be our"limit." As a result, we spend our lives trying to keep pace with what others think of us and we discover that at the end of the day, we are often disappointed and discouraged.
Limitations in self and social awareness don't need to come from false expectations. Rather, they can stem from a lack of true understanding. To gain a better understanding of our abilities, we have to first be honest with ourselves only. We have to accept what we understand about ourselves and take immediate action to improve what we know.
The good news is that constraints in social and self awareness are not due to false or limiting beliefs; they are brought on by a lack of true understanding. In order to improve our understanding of ourselves and our abilities, we need to focus on what we know and focus on it intensely. As our understanding grows, our skills will also grow. With this approach to enhancing our personal and social awareness, we can learn to give up our truths and move toward a greater awareness of self and confidence in our ability to attain our objectives.
