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How to practice self-compassion when inner criticism feels true

I know about self-compassion but when I make any mistake I hear my mother's voice calling me worthless and I believe it completely.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Internalized parental criticism can feel so fundamental to one's identity that self-compassion seems like dangerous self-deception rather than healing.

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