The Simple Question Posed by Step Three
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The Simple Question Posed by Step Three
Some people struggle and cannot seem to let go of other people’s opinions of them, whether real or imagined. That means they’re not able to be themselves. Which means other people won’t see them as confident. This is a self-esteem issue. The phrase “self-esteem issue” is a cardboard stage prop of a phrase. What does it even mean? I guess I have a h
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Paradoxically, that kind of self-shaming actually let me off the hook. Like somehow I had “paid” for my failure by taking this kind of abuse.
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Shame is when you feel like you will never have a place where you are accepted and can feel at home. We have an image we want to project (the first voice) because this internal narrative of shame (the second voice) is driving us. The image we want to project by proving or hiding isn’t who we really are. The driving narration of shame isn’t who we a
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Because of our shaming childhoods, adult children doubt and blame themselves in a knee-jerk reaction that is predictable and consistent yet rarely observed until recovery is encountered. We react instead of thinking about options and then acting.