Re:The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age
by datameta on Saturday September 21, 2024 @01:27PM
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This definitely touches on one important aspect of difficulty in enduring an addiction one is trying to cease. A promise broken thousands of times, and yet still made again.
However if it is the very cycle itself that increases the effort necessary for breaking out of it, how tied to self-worth is it for different people? When one is the subject and the researcher or the judge, defendant, and prosecutor simultaneously - it can be much more challenging to locate the anchor to which self-worth is tied.
Re:The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age
by s1artibartfast on Saturday September 21, 2024 @01:47PM
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Huge topic, but I totally agree. There's a massive feedback between self control and self-worth
A simple mundane example would being going to the gym if you tell yourself you will.
A more complex example would be acting in accordance with the values you believe in or not. If you think people that kick dogs are terrible, but you yourself go around kicking dogs, this creates a lot of cognitive dissonance and low self worth. If you promise yourself to stop, but keep breaking that promise, you realize you cant be trusted, which also impacts self worth.