Deep self-examination or the act of reflecting on one's own thoughts, behaviors, and motivations; in physics, light or other radiation being reflected back on itself.
From 'auto-' (self) and 'reflection' (the act of bouncing back or thinking deeply). The psychological sense emerged in 20th-century self-help and therapy literature, while the physics sense describes light behavior.
Autoreflection is what happens when you really think hard about *why* you did something—but it can become a trap because overthinking your own thoughts sometimes just creates more confusion instead of clarity.
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