Hi erysichton,

I can definitely relate to what you have written. I think sometime I am my own worst enemy because I do think that thinking so negatively about ourselves doesn't help us. And demanding so much perfection from ourselves at the same time doesn't help either.

I do know that reading posts such as yours is helpful because it is so easy to feel like I am the only one who thinks and feels like this.

It is hard for me to remember to be gentle with myself as I would with a friend.
So I'll remind you too:

Be gentle with yourself, my friend.

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