Posted by Often, we go on and on thinking about the past, without having any clear direction or ideas as to how to proceed. Hence, I chalked out the difference between the kind of introspection one is dwelling in.
| Productive introspection | Unproductive introspection |
| Leads to realizations and answers | Leads to no clear answers |
| Leads to personal growth and improvement in behaviour | Leads to low self esteem, self sabotage and self blame |
| Empowers the individual | Disempowers the individual |
| The individual starts to love and accept himself/herself | The individual starts to hate and neglect himself/herself |
| Learning from mistakes and focussing on solutions | Picking out too many mistakes |
| More focus on present and future, rather than past | More focus on the past. |
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