self-observation
Monitoring one's behavior
Self-observation is the practice of watching your own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as they occur.
The term appears in psychology and meditation contexts, where turning attention inward is a deliberate technique: Through self-observation, she noticed patterns in her anxiety.
Unlike introspection, which analyzes after the fact, self-observation emphasizes real-time awareness.
Awareness of own reasoning
- inner dialogueSilent conversation with oneself
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
Awareness of the present
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- vipassanaClear-seeing contemplative practice
- zazenZen seated meditation
- notingPerceiving and recording
body scan · present moment · breath awareness · insight · contemplation · attention · equanimity · detachment
Regular personal writing practice
- loggingRecording system events
- data collectionSystematic accumulation of facts
- pattern recognitionIdentifying regularities in inputs
- triggersCauses or activates
baseline · antecedents · consequences · accountability · feedback loop · checklists · wearables · metrics
Sensing one's physical position
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- proprioceptionBody's spatial self-awareness
- tensionStretched or strained state
- postureBody position, alignment
breathing patterns · gut feeling · heartbeat · muscle tone · felt sense · embodiment · scanning · grounding
metacognition
Awareness of own reasoning
- inner dialogueSilent conversation with oneself
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
phenomenology · subjective experience · structuralism · think-aloud
mindfulness
Awareness of the present
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- vipassanaClear-seeing contemplative practice
- zazenZen seated meditation
noting · body scan · present moment · breath awareness · insight · contemplation · attention · equanimity · detachment · stillness
journaling
Regular personal writing practice
- loggingRecording system events
- data collectionSystematic accumulation of facts
- pattern recognitionIdentifying regularities in inputs
triggers · baseline · antecedents · consequences · accountability · feedback loop · checklists · wearables · metrics · goal tracking
body awareness
Sensing one's physical position
- sensationPerceived stimulus or phenomenon
- proprioceptionBody's spatial self-awareness
- tensionStretched or strained state
posture · breathing patterns · gut feeling · heartbeat · muscle tone · felt sense · embodiment · scanning · grounding · kinesthetic
- introspectionsoul searching, looking inward, soul-searching, inner dialogue, reflective thinking
- coping mechanismsrepression, denial, projection, sublimation, rationalization
- Gurdjieffmovements, Fontainebleau, essence, personality, centers
self-observationobliviousness
Lack of awareness
unconsciousness · mindlessness · automaticity · self-deception · denial
self-observationunselfconsciousness
Lack of self-awareness
absorption · immersion · flow state · losing oneself · spontaneity
self, observe, observer, observant, observation, selfless, observed, observing, self-esteem