This was so good. I love how you talked about holding your own hand and asking yourself how you would comfort a friend in the same predicament. It can be so hard to show ourselves the compassion, kindness, and grace that we so freely give others. Thanks for the beautiful gentle reminder!
Appreciate it. And yes, indeed it’s so difficult to treat ourselves the way we treat others. I am so glad you could resonate with my emotions. Happy this reminded you to hold a kind space for yourself.
Wow. So i really needed this. I mean, it's not anything i didn't already know, but with situations like this, sometimes you have to keep hearing the same stuff over and over before you believe it. I wouldn't say I've struggled with self hate, but rather with allowing myself to HAVE a self. I've always been the odd one out, and very early on i learned to embrace it and enjoy being different and weird. But at the same time, because people seem to always see me as different i can lean to hard into being different just because thats what i think of as my personality. But i also don't want to be the same as everyone else because then i lose value, and attention. Not that i want a ton of attention, i just don't want to be ignored. I never really did have a childhood. Sure, i wasn't an adult for my whole life, and now that i am actually an adult, i find myself reverting back to a childlike personality sometimes, because i never was a real child. I always related more to adults, and kids always avoided me. Yet adults always seemed to see me as precocious little child trying to copy the adults. So in a way, i was always stuck between childhood and adulthood. I still am. Because i never had a real childhood, yet i have to be an adult now. I'm learning, and growing and trying to find balance. We'll see, but thank you!
I hear you. Sometimes, we need to keep reminding ourselves that it's okay to struggle. It's okay to feel conflicted. And it's okay to feel you don't belong. It must have been tough for you not getting the space to be a kid, and feeling stuck between being an adult and a child. I am so proud of you for working your way through it. Yes, it's challenging to find a balance, yet, here you are trying. And that says a lot about your courage and strength. I am glad this post found you when you needed it. Thank you for sharing your experiences. You inspire me to keep learning and growing too. Thank you for that!
This was so good. I love how you talked about holding your own hand and asking yourself how you would comfort a friend in the same predicament. It can be so hard to show ourselves the compassion, kindness, and grace that we so freely give others. Thanks for the beautiful gentle reminder!
Appreciate it. And yes, indeed it’s so difficult to treat ourselves the way we treat others. I am so glad you could resonate with my emotions. Happy this reminded you to hold a kind space for yourself.
Thank you for reading.
@Akanksha Priyadarshini You’re welcome!
Wow. So i really needed this. I mean, it's not anything i didn't already know, but with situations like this, sometimes you have to keep hearing the same stuff over and over before you believe it. I wouldn't say I've struggled with self hate, but rather with allowing myself to HAVE a self. I've always been the odd one out, and very early on i learned to embrace it and enjoy being different and weird. But at the same time, because people seem to always see me as different i can lean to hard into being different just because thats what i think of as my personality. But i also don't want to be the same as everyone else because then i lose value, and attention. Not that i want a ton of attention, i just don't want to be ignored. I never really did have a childhood. Sure, i wasn't an adult for my whole life, and now that i am actually an adult, i find myself reverting back to a childlike personality sometimes, because i never was a real child. I always related more to adults, and kids always avoided me. Yet adults always seemed to see me as precocious little child trying to copy the adults. So in a way, i was always stuck between childhood and adulthood. I still am. Because i never had a real childhood, yet i have to be an adult now. I'm learning, and growing and trying to find balance. We'll see, but thank you!
I hear you. Sometimes, we need to keep reminding ourselves that it's okay to struggle. It's okay to feel conflicted. And it's okay to feel you don't belong. It must have been tough for you not getting the space to be a kid, and feeling stuck between being an adult and a child. I am so proud of you for working your way through it. Yes, it's challenging to find a balance, yet, here you are trying. And that says a lot about your courage and strength. I am glad this post found you when you needed it. Thank you for sharing your experiences. You inspire me to keep learning and growing too. Thank you for that!
This is exactly what I needed to hear considering what has been happening in my lately. I appreciate this so much.
Ah, so happy to hear that. I am glad this reached you when you needed it the most. And I hope you keep showing yourself grace and love.