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Why self-compassion feels foreign when caring for others comes naturally

I can take care of everyone else but when I try to be gentle with myself it feels fake and impossible.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The inner child learned that love was earned through caretaking others while their own needs remained invisible and unworthy.

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