Self-Discovery or Dissection by Others?

I would like to start off by asking one question : How many of you actually wanted to be a coroner when you are young? I bet it is definitely not a popular choice as a childhood ambition. However, some of us do like to dissect people; not physically of course, but through analysing other people's behavior and actions to derive their characters.

My second question is : How many of you dreamt to become a narcissist? I guess not many of you put up your hands either. But though looking at yourself in front of a mirror doesn't sound like a proper job, we do go through a series of self discoveries throughout our life time in order to get to know ourselves better.


So what amazes you more? Discovering youself or letting other to dissect you? I think both options are equally amazing. Although most of us can control our own minds, but sometimes we don't really know why we behave in certain manners until we sit down and reflect on our actions and behaviour. And if we are lucky, we will get an insight on what kind of person we are exactly. But the sad thing is, we often so not practice self-discovery. We are who we are because we think we should be who we are. But is it really what we think? Or is it some assumptions that we gave ourselves?


On the other hand, if we do let others dissect us, we might be surprised with the inputs that others give. For example, I recently found out that I am categorised under a specie which has a unique characteristic called 嘴贱 after I was dissected by someone. In all my years in trying to discover myself, I have never come across this term before(at least my brain did not tell me so). However, it was a relevation to me once I know the term's meaning. I am indeed a 嘴贱 person.


Of course, not everyone is good at dissecting people. Some people are purely crap in their thesis on the relationship between one's behaviour and characteristics and I would advice you to stay away from them to prevent yourself in becoming depressed. It is always good to take some time off to so some self-reflections so that you will actually know yourself better than other people do (that is suppose to be the way).


So do you prefer parading yourself in front of the mirror or to lie on the operating table?


Thank you X.