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When any criticism feels like proof I am worthless

My manager left one small note on my draft, a genuinely minor fix, and my stomach dropped like I had been told I was a fraud. One line of feedback and I spent the rest of the day certain I am just not good enough at any of this. I know that is not what she meant, but that is where it goes.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Any criticism, however small, feels like proof you are fundamentally not good enough.

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