What Makes You............You???

What makes you, you? This question revolves the reality that many are having difficult times with finding self-identity, which often comes from living in bustling societies, making one's self feel tiny and insignificant in comparison.

Often in life, we are encountered with questions like "who am I, really?" "What am I doing here?" "What's my worth?" "What would I be without my skills, jobs, titles, and connections?" "Do people like me?"

Many people are faced with some kind of feeling of existentialism but not many can understand why. It is my opinion that the root cause stems from lack of self worth and self esteem.

In this discussion, we will be discussing the role of Self Identity, Self Worth, Self Esteem, and how they can help or destroy our lives when being viewed in certain ways.

Questions:
1. What is self identity? Thought experiment using *The Ship of Theseus* --> (How much of your body and mind can be replaced by other parts before you stop being human?)
2. How do you view self worth?
3. Are self worth, self esteem, and self identity all connected?
4. Do you feel like you are a small cog in a giant wheel? (Reasons?)
5. Are we defined by our accomplishments?
6. Are we judged by our mistakes?
7. Do we ourselves or society define our worth?
8. How or what is our self worth determined by? (Examples?)
9. What's the difference between self worth and self esteem?
10. Can you have a self identity without other people?
11. Why do you think so many people feel insecure?
12. How social media affects our sense of self worth and esteem?
13. Why some people live a more fulfilling life than others?
14. Can shifting your mental framework give you a different outcome in life?
15. What role does society and culture play on self worth, self esteem and self identity?
16. What role does self-talk play on self esteem?
17. Where and how do you find meaning in life? (Examples?)
18. Do more people have mental health issues compare to the past?
19. What are some ways you found to be helpful in restoring a sense of self worth?
20. Can technologies assist people in finding self worth and identity, or is this just another form of escapism?

Guidelines:

• Hand raises are required.
• There will be a 3 minute timer for every person. However, in this group, I do allow a brief back and fourth interjection from others if it's something that's related to the person who was just speaking. This is a way to prevent the group from feeling too "robotic" in style and get your pressing question asked to the speaker and get the answer right away without waiting all the way back to your turn again.
• Be authentic & civil!
• Please refrain from using Ad Hominem (personal) attacks. Instead, please attack the points from others.
• Severe Ad Hominem such as racist behavior will result in being removed from the meeting.

Zoom link will be posted 10 minutes before the meeting.