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When mindfulness practice becomes another form of self-criticism

When I try to observe my thoughts without judgment I realize I am constantly judging myself for having thoughts in the first place.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The witnessing awareness gets co-opted by the very mental patterns it was meant to observe.

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