I am unnecessarily critical of myself for no discernible reason, and this critical mindset feels like intrusive thoughts. Any advice on how to be gentler to myself?
It's weird, but for me it made a difference. I started talking to myself. Voicing out loud whatever was bothering me, my hurt and anger then my parent/adult side would take over and try to be more reasonable. For me it was a start
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One way is to step outside yourself. I doubt you'd be as hard on someone else close to you as you are on yourself. Take those things you're criticizing about yourself and imagine a friend has them. How would you talk to and generally regard them about it?
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