[Bipolar Warrior]

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?

[Little Lulu]

I've seen Kristen Neff's talk on TEDx on self-compassion and I like her ideas. Negative self-talk can be challenged and if you make the effort to do so, those nasty thoughts diminish. Try it for a day and see what happens.

[connect.the.stars]

Thank you for sharing this. That was great to listen to.

[Slowbrains]

Thank you for sharing this! I'm also a perfectionist, always very hard on myself and full of negative self talk. It's really quite paralyzing. For me it's always been hard to start anything because result should be perfect. This video really did open my eyes!