do you take your own advice

[sex]

if you're giving advice to people would you take the same advice and apply it to yourself or do things differently because its you its affecting or whatever

[lawrawrrr]

oh **** no I do what I feel like irl without even thinking about

[wixard]

graham i know you 100% don't!

and sometimes i would, sometimes i don't
there are things that are just set in stone for me and i tell other people and can hardly comprehend when they don't follow my advice, but then there are things i tell people that i'm like 'what an idiot' but when it comes to me in that situation i'm the exact same as them and wouldn't take my advice either

[MKR&*42]

can never take my own advice no matter how good i am at giving it sigh

[sex]

graham i know you 100% don't!

and sometimes i would, sometimes i don't
there are things that are just set in stone for me and i tell other people and can hardly comprehend when they don't follow my advice, but then there are things i tell people that i'm like 'what an idiot' but when it comes to me in that situation i'm the exact same as them and wouldn't take my advice either

LOL I KNOW I DONT WAS WAITING FOR A FEW POSTS BEFORE I REPLY

i will apply one thing to me then then give proper advice to everyone

[Inseriousity.]

Yeah because I always give advice as if it was me in their situation although I do remember giving revision tips to someone even though I've never revised before.

[FlyingJesus]

Sometimes because I quite often tell people to dance or have a tug or buy me food and those are things I do a lot

[Drewar]

This is an interesting thread.

I am always the person that friends come to when they need help or want to talk, but I rarely give personal advice. I just let them talk out what they think acceptable options are, and then let them come to the answer themselves.

I think I'm pretty reasonable and my friends thinks that I am great at making decisions, but I find it very tough to make what should be simple decisions sometimes. So I guess I don't really take my own advice.

[Shar]

Yes I try my best

[-Moniquee.]

It depends what I am giving advice on. To be honest I wish I followed my own advice more haha.

[Phil]

I try to follow my own advice but I don't think I do.... at all :P

[Yawn]

probably not
i think i know wat i should be doing, but whether i do that is another story

[Eric]

yes i usually give out advice by putting myself into the situation

[Chris]

I can't seem to take my own advice, but then again I don't think many people are very good at taking their own advice either. :P

[Kardan]

Yes.

Why would you give out advice to other people if you don't believe in it yourself?

[wixard]

Yes.

Why would you give out advice to other people if you don't believe in it yourself?

because it's a lot easier to say something than do it

[FlyingJesus]

Because what's good for others isn't always what's good for you

[Kardan]

But isn't that what advice is? You telling people what you think is the best solution? If I give advice, I'd put myself in that situation and tell them what I'd do.

[Cerys]

No haha, I give them advice because I know it's the best thing they can do, but when I'm in that situation I ignore my advice. I know it's the best thing to do, but it's not exactly the most fun thing to do hehe ;3

[wixard]

But isn't that what advice is? You telling people what you think is the best solution? If I give advice, I'd put myself in that situation and tell them what I'd do.

just because it's the best solution doesn't mean you're able to carry it out, a persons judgement can be clouded by emotions or feelings such as fear

the best example i can think of us if you have a boyfriend or girlfriend that cheats, everyones quick to say 'you need to break up and move on' but when it happens to them it can be a struggle to follow through

[Tom]

I find it easy to give advice, yet find it hard to take it. Like, I tell myself things and "okay I'm going to do this, I'll do that, I should not do that", etc., yet I never actually do it. I perhaps do it for a day, but then after I've slept, I just stop. I don't know why.

[FlyingJesus]

But isn't that what advice is? You telling people what you think is the best solution? If I give advice, I'd put myself in that situation and tell them what I'd do.

Nope I think about what would best benefit them not just go by what I'd do in the situation - otherwise I'd usually be telling people to lie and weasel their way out of stuff