Short answer: sort, but I don’t think it’s net negative?
I wrote a post recently about how I’ve ignored emotions that feels relevant.
I’ve had periods where increased introspection ability lead to overconfidence about the absence of rationalizations, though I don’t know if I can say that they became “less noticeable”. Put another way, I’m not sure if I would have been any more likely to discover these rationalizations if I’d never increased introspection capabilities.
Note: In my case, the introspection I got better at is what I’d call “detective introspection”. Think of looking at your own behavior as clues to what some other person was thinking (in contrast to focusing-esque introspection which is more about listening for something inside you to speak up).
Short answer: sort, but I don’t think it’s net negative?
I wrote a post recently about how I’ve ignored emotions that feels relevant.
I’ve had periods where increased introspection ability lead to overconfidence about the absence of rationalizations, though I don’t know if I can say that they became “less noticeable”. Put another way, I’m not sure if I would have been any more likely to discover these rationalizations if I’d never increased introspection capabilities.
Note: In my case, the introspection I got better at is what I’d call “detective introspection”. Think of looking at your own behavior as clues to what some other person was thinking (in contrast to focusing-esque introspection which is more about listening for something inside you to speak up).