You don’t need to bully yourself, pressure yourself, or scare yourself with your thoughts. The first step towards self-compassion is noticing these thoughts as they arise.
You need to care about the fact that you’re suffering before you can really work toward changing it.
Struggling with internal issues creates more struggle. Instead, look at these harmless but scary demons head on. Try to talk and share where you can.
Abusing yourself psychologically has consequences. Just as a child might rebel if treated abusively or neglectfully, the body can rebel as well in the form of pain, anxiety, or depression.
There are three primary ways that people psychologically abuse themselves: self-criticism, putting pressure on themselves, and unnecessary fear.
What happens to us does not define us. How we deal with what happens to us defines us.
You can’t change anyone else, however much you try. You can only change yourself.
In the UK, one in 14 children aged 11-17 (6.9%) have experienced severe physical violence at the hands of an adult.
Physical abuse happens when a child is deliberately hurt, causing injuries such as cuts, bruises and broken bones. It can involve hitting, shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning, slapping or suffocating.
You were born good enough for anything. Don’t allow others to mislead you into thinking you aren’t good enough.