I recently watched this TEDx talk:



It has really made me think about the way I treat myself.

My uni therapist is always telling me to be kind to myself, because I bully myself horribly. She repeatedly asks me if I would say these things to other people, to which I obviously reply "no". "So why do you say those things to yourself?" she continues. I don't know exactly why, but I just feel like I deserve to hear them.

I am a perfectionist, and it's really a terrible thing. I need to start taking a step back to think about how I can be compassionate towards myself instead of beating myself up. Perhaps that could be the first step on my way to self-acceptance.

Maybe what we really need to aim for, at the end of the day, is self-compassion?