Self-Realization.-A Criticism

Brotherhood of Self-Criticism

army with a gratuity in 1947, paid for inside information about horse racing and 'lived like a king for six months'. Then he got greedy and didn't pay enough for the tips, lost all his money and had to take a job at an auctioneers. He stole clothes and shoes from the sale room so that he could bet his wages with the street bookmaker. He married in 1950 and vividly remembers the staff collection...

An Exploratory Study of Genuine Criticism Realization and Mitigation Strategies a Case of Movie Interactants

Genuine Criticism (GC) is an evaluative expression of annoyance with an attribute in the interlocutor, whose realization may threaten the positive image of both interlocutors. The current study investigates facework and politeness in performing GCsin different contexts and for interlocutors with low social distance and high status in terms of GC realization strategies and mitigation devices tha...

Self and Self - Realization

Expressive writing, self-criticism, and self-reassurance.

OBJECTIVES Self-criticism and reassurance are important mechanisms for regulating negative emotions but relatively little attention has been paid to interventions aimed at improving them. DESIGN This study explored the use of an expressive writing task to increase self-reassurance and reduce self-criticism using a randomized controlled design. METHOD A total of 46 participants wrote either ...

A Review of Self Criticism and Self Compassion in mental health

Self-criticism has been introduced as the core pathology of many mental disorders and one of the maladaptive emotion regulation strategies. Numerous studies have confirmed the significance of self-criticism as a meta-diagnostic construct. In the past, self-criticism was equated with shame and perfectionism, but self-criticism has a more limited definition than perfectionism. Self-criticism is a...