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Reflection On Character Strengths And Weaknesses

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STUDY UNIT 6 CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT STRENGTHS IN S.A.: Currently, the character development program facilitates in place are to build character strengths in order to improve mental illnesses, to buffer against them and to use their strengths in order to enhance growth (Wissing et al., 2014). However, the program should include a way for students and their psychologists to pinpoint their weaknesses too and to try and understand why they are present in the first place. Or find a way for the students to use their weaknesses as a way of improving their strengths. Yes, we should not focus on the negatives as much but by at least noticing them and using them to better one’s performance, well-being and also try and use it to one’s own advantage. Another …show more content…

I happen to deal with negative emotions in a deeper way and somewhat to say I channel into the darkness when I am sad. With positive emotions I am over the top, I deal and react to happiness and joy and all the other positive emotions in a way that is ecstatic and overly excited manner. There is no in between with me. Once I experience positive emotions I tend to think and evaluate things at that moment in a way which will allow my emotions to be at a positive stand still, for instance I will try to keep my emotions positive and try not to channel into anything negative which will cause my emotions to plummet at a level lower than anything positive. The flow stays focused on nothing but positive emotions. In order to improve my relationships with loved ones, I have realized that communication, determination, and commitment, is the only way to make sure that my relationships flourish. Being committed to showing my loved ones support, showing them how much I love them by always being there for them, being more supportive, and offering them a platform where they can easily communicate with me without any fear of judgment or scrutiny and also allowing them to be unapologetically themselves could be ways I could improve my relationships with my loved …show more content…

I have established the kind of woman I want to be and I am well on my way to becoming her. I have endured my own definition of suffering and trying times where I felt like a failure or I felt hopeless, I tend to beat myself up for having been in a situation which led to me experiencing negative emotions and not being able to express them at that time when I start feeling the emotions, but I do eventually express them, when I feel them die down and after I have evaluated myself and had my time alone in order to thoroughly think everything through, then I express and offload and start thinking positive thoughts and feeling much better. In regards to an attachment style, I sadly fall under the anxious attachment style, I generally second guess things that I do and also which people do for me. I am very vigilant of signs of any negativity which is directed towards me and then I retract and find a wall from which I protect myself from these signs or negative actions, especially in relationships with people, I may have high expectations for a person and expect them to always have my feelings and well-being in their best interest and once I see a glimpse of actions which are opposite to that then I go back and hide behind my wall and mask

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