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When self-compassion feels impossible despite knowing better

I keep telling myself I'm lazy and worthless every time I rest for even five minutes but I would never speak to another person this way

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The inner critic has become so habituated that self-attack feels more familiar than self-care.

Ideas that help explain it
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“Where Are You with Cognitive distortions — identification and change?”

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