How to accept horrible parts of yourself?
There's an author who writes on Trauma, his name is Gabor Mate.
He's good.. he actually used to be a medical doctor previous to being a therapist, and he's so down to earth.
He said in a short clip on YouTube, that often trauma came in childhood. So "you're not broken", and that we were really just trying to live in or by society's expectations. He said self esteem is not achievements, or will power, but getting to know YOURSELF...and accepting yourself, all parts.
I wonder though, can you feel less than others BECAUSE of what you've e gone through? Like I have crippling anxiety and PTSD, from severe abuse in childhood. So I feel having excessive anxiety MAKES me even more, *less than* others 🥺
I don't know how to reverse this belief. How can you accept the part of you that feels crippled, and feel as good as others??
He's good.. he actually used to be a medical doctor previous to being a therapist, and he's so down to earth.
He said in a short clip on YouTube, that often trauma came in childhood. So "you're not broken", and that we were really just trying to live in or by society's expectations. He said self esteem is not achievements, or will power, but getting to know YOURSELF...and accepting yourself, all parts.
I wonder though, can you feel less than others BECAUSE of what you've e gone through? Like I have crippling anxiety and PTSD, from severe abuse in childhood. So I feel having excessive anxiety MAKES me even more, *less than* others 🥺
I don't know how to reverse this belief. How can you accept the part of you that feels crippled, and feel as good as others??
