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Originally Posted by Offonoff
All religious, metaphysical and spiritual points of view aside, from a purely rational mindset how does one forgive themselves? What are the mechanics involved? Fake it to you make it doesn't cut it because I want the forgiveness to be pure and genuine and sincere, to come from deep within.
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this is where a person might arrive at the limits of personal fear.
the 'unstruggling' just dont arrive there. ....!
what am I capable of?....what am I gonna do even though I don't want to do it?
I have done things said things mistreated people been evil it makes me sweat hot and bad beyond sad blew the chances I had.
I forgave myself while dripping blood all over myself.
I forgave myself when I kept the knife
I forgave myself when I picked fights I couldn't possibly win
I forgave myself in handcuffs
I forgave myself strapped to hospital beds
I punished myself...thats how I forgave myself...I beat the world to it....so I thought?
with mental illness....sometimes things don't go right at all
and it just makes us stronger...deeper
"it's a damn good question!"....thanks
there are things I legitimately cannot let myself 'off' from...they are just too bad.
so ...?
it's ok to be unforgiven as long as you can handle it