PERCEPTION BOX

QUESTIONS

Want a fast way to get people to stop signaling, bragging, fronting, and masking who they really are and just get REAL with one another (and themselves)? Try these out:

SHALLOW END

  • Who are you still trying to please?
  • What do you want people to believe about you?
  • Where has your ego taken a hit in a way that ultimately served you?
  • What's comfortable to you but also limiting?
  • Where have you made an assumption about someone else that turned out to be incorrect?
  • When did you feel truly celebrated?
  • In what area of your life do you trust yourself?
  • In what area of your life do you not trust yourself?

DEEP END

  • Have you ever gone through something upsetting or painful that you later viewed as a blessing?
  • What action do you want to take but don’t feel ready yet?

  • What is your most consistent and greatest fear?
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What is your most consistent and greatest hope?
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What do you feel like you’re not allowed to share?
  • Where in your life have you cared too much, and what did that lead to?
  • Where in your life did you care too little, and what did that lead to?
  • When were you able to empathize with someone who held differing values, convictions, or beliefs?
  • What do you imagine other people assume about you?
  • Have you ever felt like you were living according to someone else’s standards or values? In what way?

PAIN HOLE

  • Who in your life do you blame or criticize most often?
  • Who would you be if you dropped all your identities?
  • What are you most afraid that someone else will find out about you?
  • What are you most afraid of finding out about yourself?
  • What’s the biggest lie you've ever told yourself?
  • What’s the biggest lie you've ever told someone else?
  • What is your greatest fear about you?
  • Where has pain served a purpose in your life?
  • When have you let go of a deeply held conviction?
  • What do you have to ignore to keep believing what you believe?
  • What was a time when you were really down, when something didn’t go your way, and you found something to feel grateful about anyway?
  • In what ways are you limiting your own potential?
  • What are you most afraid is true about you?
  • If someone disagrees with you, what are you making it mean about you?
  • If someone doesn’t understand you, what are you making it mean about you?
  • What is the one thing you never want your spouse (or closest family member) to find out about you?
  • What need inside yourself have you been neglecting? When did you start neglecting it and why?
  • What is the biggest “should” you are putting on yourself? What’s the risk in letting it go? What are you afraid will happen if you drop it?
  • In what aspect of your life do you feel not good enough? When is the first time you remember feeling that way?
  • What have you not forgiven yourself for? Why not? What are you afraid will happen if you do?
  • The last time you were angry, what did you make it mean about someone else? What did you make it mean about yourself?
  • Have you ever had an emotion and not made it mean anything, about anyone else or about yourself? What was the result?
  • When do you take things personally? In what sort of conversation do you find yourself getting the most defensive or wounded?
  • Is there a voice in your head that tells you how bad you are? That says, “You’re selfish, you’re spoiled, you’re stupid”? Whose voice is that? (when was the first time you heard that)