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Barriers Of Critical Thinking
Barriers Of Critical Thinking

Quashada Rogers
HUM/114
October 5th, 2014
Shaun Morse

Barriers Of Critical Thinking

Today I will be writing on the three barriers that affect me from becoming a critical thinker and ways that I can overcome these obstacles.

1st Barrier- SELF-CONCEPT- With self-concept I deal with low self esteem and insecurities. I guess because I was in an abusive relationship as a young teenager. The words that would come out of the person’s mouth made me feel worthless. And the patterns that have been repeated in my life over and over until I met my husband always made me feel that what I was doing wasn’t good enough and I’m worthless and no good to no one. To overcome this barrier of critical thinking these are the things I can do to feel better about myself so that I can achieve the things that I know that I’m capable of doing. One is to change how I feel emotionally about myself. To change my emotion requires changing two different core beliefs about my self image. Meaning I will work on how I perceive myself.

2ND Barrier- EMOTIONAL INFLUENCES ( DEPRESSION)- I cannot really establish a time line of when I became overly depressed but I do recognize some of the key factors that play a role in my depression. The lost of my mother because we never had a mother and daughter bond because of her addiction. The fact that she chose drugs over me and my siblings and I was left to raise children at an early age and never had a childhood of my own. Other key factors I don’t wish to discuss out in public and all the unhealthy relationships I’ve had and always feeling worthless. The one conclusion to dealing with the emotional influences affects my critical thinking is to seek help and talk to a therapist so that I will be able to one day overcome this barrier.

3rd Barrier- STRESS - I believe everyone will have at least a little stress in their life no matter what you do, once you get over one obstacle

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