#selfesteem
Does anyone else feel really guilty when they start talking about their own feelings and then immediately regret saying anything because you just feel so annoying and pathetic and ugh
Yes, every day.
I’m still pretty convinced that no one actually wants to hear what I think/feel. Like… why would they? >_> It’s a baffling idea that anyone would care to listen to me.
“Until you heal the wounds of your past, you are going to bleed. You can bandage the bleeding with food, with alcohol, with drugs, with work, with cigarettes, with sex; but eventually it will all ooze through and stain your life. You must find the strength to open the wounds, stick your hand inside, pull out the core of the pain that is holding you in your past - the memories - and make peace with them.”— Iyanla Yanzant
1. Get into the habit of challenging your thinking – especially when it falls into the same old repeated, negative patterns.
2. Keep a thankfulness journal – and deliberately look for the good things in your life.
3. Spend time with people who can see your strengths, and who make you feel good about yourself.
4. Keep some photos or mementos that remind you of your passions – so theses can help inspire you to love your life again.
5. Leave positive notes and quotes around your room, or inside your wallet, or on your desk, or phone.
6. See failure as a stepping stone that leads to further growth – and as something that is common, and experienced by us all.
7. Deliberately nurture and care for yourself – and see this as essential, and a top priority.
1. Don’t listen to the voice inside your head which tells you that you’re inadequate.
2. Don’t hang out with people who look for the flaws, and can’t see the best in the people in their lives.
3. Recognise that each person is different and unique. There is no-one like you; and you have great attributes.
4. Take note of your efforts, and the progress you have made. You’ve already come so far. You should celebrate that!
5. Appreciate others, and what you gain from them. Don’t see them as people who undermine you.
6. Remember that NO-ONE is perfect in this life, and that other people struggle with the same stuff as well.
7. Go after the things which matters the most: being loyal, thoughtful, caring, and kind.