Hmm...
Either figure this one out and get a much healthier alternative.
Or master the whole thing while still at the current stage of an already delayed development.
Another thing I just had observed, a day ago.
Went to an errand, to a pawnshop. When I got there, I was waiting by the counter.
Then I felt this eager like warmth. I pondered, what is going on now. Turned around and saw a guy with a rather eager expression on his face I thought.
I 'thought'?? 'Eager'?? This wasn't my usual conclusion -- I'd supposed not to feel something like this nor conclude. If anything, this might've been some exaggeration.
Ahh, of course. How could I forgotten? I was so accustomed not to sense and think of these things, I'd end up still concluding this as nonsensical.
Then the feeling went like half-neutral like even as I look at the smiling man. I turned back and saw a tall young bored man, probably went to the pawnshop because he was told to.
Another exaggerated conclusion came to mind. Where the heck does this conclusions came from?? The usual set up of my mind is supposed to be on the outcome.
So... Yeah. Within a month's timespan, my EQ range probably went from low average to closer to low average to average if I had to measure and compare. Even more so in terms of awareness and consciousness, even if it's more subtle, and so far this includes emotional regulation.
Speaking of emotional regulation.
For now I'm aware of, that suppression is a rather unhealthy defence mechanism. Not primitive, but immature and not entirely appropriate in most situations still. A very immature part of me still acts and thinks too sensitively.
A rational and a rather harsh part of my mind says to drag this spoiled brat of a self by the leash.
Another is more gentle and be more patient with myself. After all, there's this social-emotional delay part that I've been long aware of.
But what do I actually want with this? This may take time.
Hmmm.....