I don't know if anyone else has an issue like this, but I've noticed for myself that I'm pretty good with dishing out copious - and sometimes ponderous - advice about stuff. Oddly, though, I have some sort of mental block which stops me from taking my own words to heart.
Or maybe it's not odd. After all, dispensing advice is one thing: actually DOING it is another.
For me, it's usually about relationships (surprise, surprise
). When I look back on previous relationships and realize how badly I handled some things I can often use those issues as touch-stones for helping other people through similar circumstances.
But when those circumstances arise in my own life, I have difficulty taking those lessons to heart.
Mostly it's because of fear: fear of losing someone, being rejected or dumped, fear of being alone for the rest of my days and all the associated stuff. Intellectually I know that those fears are irrational. But my body tells me different, the feeling of an iron ball in my belly and cotton between my ears gives me messages that don't make any sense.
Is there any advice you give to people that you have a hard time taking yourself?
Or, alas, is this just me..?