100 interesting questions for yourself and about yourself

Hello, dear readers of the site! To know yourself, your character, weaknesses and vice versa, strengths, you must constantly listen to your own desires, feelings, thoughts.

After all, we are constantly changing and sometimes commit unpredictable actions, the motives of which we cannot explain to anyone. Therefore, it is so important to always be sensitive and attentive to the slightest changes in well-being.

And today we bring to your attention questions for yourself, a whole selection of 100 pieces. Some will arouse your interest, and some will resist. After all, sometimes it is difficult for us even to admit to ourselves in something.

But it needs to be done. Self-knowledge is an integral part of self-consciousness. Without which we would have no idea what we represent, how we differ from others and in general what is happening around.

So take courage and go to meet the most valuable person in your life — yourself.

Questions

It is recommended that you ask yourself the following questions throughout the day. Just got a free minute, think about the answer.

Human psychology is such that he will try to ignore the most unpleasant topics, not to notice, to postpone until better times.

This is let know by protective mechanisms, the psyche thus seeks to maintain health and peace of mind. Since I’m not sure whether I can cope with the emotions that may arise in response to some painful topic.

The difficulty is that sometimes these mechanisms do not protect, but rather limit. Therefore, it is still important, despite fear and anxiety, to overcome your feelings and try to touch the secret corners of your soul.

To be honest with yourself. This allows you to live a conscious and quality life.

Questions about myself and the feelings I have

1. What can surprise me?
2. What am I excited about?
3. What exactly makes me angry?
4. And why do I get angry?
5. Am I capable of tenderness? If so, to whom, and at what time?
6. How do I take criticism?
7. What can make me happy no matter what?
8. What am I most afraid of?
9. What feelings do I experience most often lately?
10. What can cause me to lose control of myself and my feelings?
11. Is there something I’m ashamed of?
12. Where exactly can I feel safe? What kind of people next to you?
13. What can soothe and relax me?
14. When can I say with certainty that I am happy?
15. Am I a touchy person? And if I am offended, what should happen for me to calm down and continue communication?
16. And what exactly can offend me, hurt me?
17. From what do I energize and restore resources?
18. What feelings are the most unbearable for me?
19. And how do I deal with them? Avoid them, try not to notice?
20. What do I do when I am ashamed?

About life and about relationships with others

1. What can I never, under any pretext, forgive?
2. What do I value most in other people?
3. What is the first thing I pay attention to when meeting?
4. What can attract me in another person so that I want to be friends with him or build a closer relationship?
5. What qualities are completely unacceptable for me?
6. How do I compete with other people? For example, do I prefer to take by cunning, or do I act aggressively?
7. How do I deal with envy? What do I do if the person close to me is more successful or has what I dreamed of?
8. How do people around me treat me? Do they appreciate me? If yes, then why?
9. What life principles are inviolable for me?
10. Can I say that I am an open and sincere person? And are there people around whom it is safe for me to be myself?
11. How am I similar to my family, and how, on the contrary, is very different from them?
12. Are there people in my environment whom I can turn to for help at any time, and they will not refuse me, at least in support?
13. What kind of relationship do I dream of? That is, what should a partner do, what should he be, so that I feel that this is really what I wanted?
14. When I’m angry, how do I let the other person know?
15. How do I show respect for my loved ones?
16. How do I take care of those I love?
17. If I don’t like a person, how do I behave with him?
18. How do I usually end relationships? And what has to happen for me to want to tear them apart?
19. Can I say goodbye to people, part for a while?
20. What does betrayal mean to me?

To reflect on the future, past and present

1. What am I striving for? What do I dream about?
2. Where do I see myself in a year, five years, or even ten?
3. What kind of people do I see next to me in a few years? Why?
4. What bad habits do I want to get rid of in the future?
5. What am I already doing to get rid of them?
6. Am I satisfied with the way my life is shaping up?
7. If I had the opportunity to go back in time, what period would I go to and what would I like to change?
8. What do I know about my ancestors? Who were they, where did they live, when and from what did they die?
9. Do I always get things done? If not, at what stage do I give up?
10. What me means success?
11. What do I mean by «love»?
12. What is my happiest childhood memory?
13. Whom would I like to meet now, whom I have not seen since my earliest years?
14. If I had the opportunity to say something to my loved ones, but already dead people, what would it be?
15. Who is no longer in my life, but I would really like to thank for being a part of it?
16. Are there situations in my life history that I did not cope with and that still make themselves felt in my present? If so, how can I resolve these difficulties?
17. If I were given the opportunity to fulfill one wish, which one would I choose?
18. Do I have enemies? If so, how do we show enmity towards each other?
19. What do I do to stay close to the people I love?
20. What is difficult for me in close relationships?

To know yourself

1. What are my strong personality traits?
2. In what ways am I better than the people around me?
3. What do I miss about them?
4. What should I pay attention to in order to become better, stronger, more resilient?
5. What are my limitations?
6. What inspires and motivates me to move forward?
7. What would I like to take from my parental family and use in my own?
8. And what mistakes of my parents, on the contrary, I would not like to make?
9. What would I like to learn?
10. What hobby would I like to take up?
11. What makes me different from other people?
12. What do I usually think about before bed?
13. When do I feel that I am alive?
14. Can I claim that I am a faithful person?
15. How do I correct my mistakes? And am I even capable of admitting that I do them?
16. Why do I usually criticize myself?
17. How can I describe myself? It is advisable to choose at least 10 qualities.
18. How much time and effort do I devote to my own development?
19. What am I guilty of?
20. What do I not want to admit about myself?

daily questions to yourself

1. How did I sleep that night?
2. Is something bothering me? If yes, what and why?
3. What exactly do I want at the moment?
4. How can I make this wish come true?
5. What can I do for myself pleasant and useful right now?
6. What can I thank myself for?
7. Do I have interesting things to do today, ones that arouse curiosity and a desire to do them? If not, what could it be?
8. What mood am I in right now?
9. What did I dream about tonight?
10. What good thing happened to me today?
11. What do I want to do today?
12. How can I take care of my health today, right now?
13. Did I do something useful today that I can be proud of? If not, do I plan to?
14. What can I do now to relax, rest?
15. Am I where I wanted to be? And with those people?
16. What can make me smile now?
17. Did I do something good and pleasant today for the people I love? Did I tell them that they were valuable and dear to me?
18. What steps have I taken today towards my dream?
19. What have I learned today, what have I discovered for myself?
20. What difficulties did I face today?

Completion

And that’s all for today, dear readers! By the way, we also bring to your attention a selection of questions with meaning that will help you feel close to another person, strengthen relationships and just get to know each other better.

Take care of yourself and be happy!

The material was prepared by a psychologist, Gestalt therapist, Zhuravina Alina