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When self-criticism blocks love

I cannot accept compliments or love from anyone because there is a voice in my head that says I am fundamentally unworthy

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Internalized critical parent creates persistent shame that defends against intimacy and recognition.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Psychoanalytic frameworks for self-understanding?”

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