Be gentle with yourself. For example if you make an error, withhold calling yourself stupid, or think it. Reassure yourself that errors happen, and learn from it.
One time I called myself stupid in front of a friend who without missing a beat said “don’t say that about my friend!” in a super offended voice and I think about that all the time.
Be gentle with yourself. For example if you make an error, withhold calling yourself stupid, or think it. Reassure yourself that errors happen, and learn from it.
One time I called myself stupid in front of a friend who without missing a beat said “don’t say that about my friend!” in a super offended voice and I think about that all the time.
That friend sounds cool.
Man, that is a FANTASTIC response to someone saying something bad about themselves! I’m going to use that one if I can. Your friend is inspiring!
This is so hard. I am doing all the other stuff regularly but this one will always be my nemesis.
It’s like a muscle, it gets better with practice.
I have underlying issues that force me to sacrifice my mental health just to survive, and thus I lack the safety margin to be gentle to myself.
I wanna get to a point where I can practice kindness on myself but I am not in a position where I can do so at this point.
I’ve been there before, I totally understand. Stay safe.