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Originally Posted by LabRat27
I journaled about it. I wrote about it in a way that was compassionate and understanding towards the child who was experiencing it.
Compassionate and understanding towards myself.
IMO, having been on the other side of this perspective, self compassion and self understanding are useful qualities to cultivate. If you can't claim the benefits for yourself, I have also found that they are useful in expanding empathy and understanding towards others who are different than you.
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I have absolutely no problem with compassion and understanding towards anyone else. It is only wh
Yes, not having one of my deepest underlying core issues would be useful. That's why it's been pretty much the main focus of my therapy for the entire time I've been going.
It's not that I don't know how to have compassion and understanding. It's a very fundamental belief that I am bad and unworthy in a way that no one else is, and therefore it is bad and forbidden and wrong to allow myself those things.
I appreciate that you're trying to be helpful. It's just a much more deeply rooted issue for me than that.