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Originally Posted by LolaCabanna
I vacillate from hating myself to tolerating me. If something happens to people or things around me, it must be my fault and I hate me for it. I will beat myself up for weeks on end over anything that has caused the norm to sway. I never think I'm great, but if everyone and thinsg are status quo then I attribute that to my not f'en anything up, yet.
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While I still struggle with it occasionally, I've come to realize how little power I have in the world. While it can be something of a letdown to realize that everyone else's happiness does not actually hinge on me in terms of how important I believed I was, it is also a great relief to let go of that responsibility. With miniscule power comes miniscule responsibility. The book I mentioned also talks at some length about what incredibly limited creatures we are and how our delusions of grandeur get us into trouble.