Resilience & seeing the good in people ( but thats debatable if thats a strength imo)
My ability to understand. Not just in terms of cognitive empathy (understanding what others are experiencing), but also just understanding in general. I have Autism, got diagnosed late (when I was 16) due to not seeing any mental health professionals until my mental health got way too bad for me to not go see one. Anyway, cognitive empathy was not always something I was very good at, I didn’t have a very good understanding of others intentions. Reading Psychology in school (and at home) as well as studying people’s behavior a bit too much led me to become much better at reading people and understanding others. I’ve always been very empathic, my affective empathy has always been very high. Being around other people feels much less threatening when I understand them, I’m also able to be there for others when I understand what they’re going through and thus what they need. Now that I’m writing this I realize that I’m probably underestimating my social skills a bit lol, maybe I haven’t been that bad at cognitive empathy in the first place idk
the ability to see the good in other people
I think my ability to have Grit in something that i want to achieve
Love
The ability to become obsessed with something
The fact that I analyze life situations very well to the point of almost always predicting what will happen.
I underestimate my ability to adapt and grow. I have always conquered and adapted to any new challenge and situation that I’ve been put into in life. I feel like I am afraid of change often in life and tell myself I can’t try or do new things, but any time I actually have that change in life thrust upon me or I have to step up, I adapt without issue and make it work. So I should give myself a little more grace and credit by seeing the strength I have, maybe I shouldn’t be so afraid of change and recognize how much I can adapt and grow
The power to create something big , personally I feel like I can do it but the ideas come in and all I think and apply strategies but somehow I underestimate it and somehow my ideas comes out somewhere from the internet, I have read this online which says do not take simple decisions everytime your brain is an organ and it does get tired because of chemical reactions, maybe I'm tired always but I hope I get back
My ability to forgive others, no matter who they are and what they have done to me, as soon as the pain they cause me stops. I do not forget what happened though, and I am cautious with them, especially if I never got an apology, acknowledgement of my feelings or validation for them. I do not hold onto hate, though. I wish people who hurt me the very best without me in their life. I would never take revenge upon others. I just protect myself and abandon toxic dynamics. That is who I am.
My ability to not hold grudges or be affected by the disrespect of others.
“What is a strength you have that you feel you underestimate?”HIDE
Bailey Schildbach
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