Self-Love part 1

[gerrerd]

1 When under pressure, try not to be harshly critical of yourself but instead be loving and caring. Develop some positive and affirming statements to counter some of your major self-criticisms.

2 Compliment yourself when you do well and concentrate on your strengths rather than your weaknesses.

3 Pick some everyday situations and make a note of your positive and pessimistic attitudes towards them. If the pessimistic ones seem to be more heavily weighted think of some positive opposite, statements, and then practise them in other situations.

4 Stop seeing yourself as a victim of the system, or your company, or the people around you. You know you have the power to change this.

[Dubba61]

I,m going to try some of these Gerrerd. Some years ago, i taught myself to counter every negative thought with a positive one. Can't stop negative thoughts but, you can find a positive to balance it. It helps. 😊🌻✌️

[gerrerd in reply to Dubba61]

Very true

[hypercat54 in reply to Dubba61]

I do exactly the same Dubba61. I didn't even realise I did it until one day after I told myself I was a lazy cow for getting up so late. I automatically countered it with well done for getting up at all feeling so lousy. I was gobsmacked! x

[Dubba61 in reply to hypercat54]

Hahaha that's brilliant! 😀 Us girls n some Men, have got to stop being our own worst enemy. 😊🌻✌️

[hypercat54 in reply to Dubba61]

Very true. I always think we are so punished by our illness that the last thing we need to do is punish ourselves any further. If there is no one else to give us love and care then we have to provide it for ourselves. x

[Dubba61 in reply to hypercat54]

Too True. I think we must Nuture ourselves n in care, n learning new behaviour, become more positive. Hopefully removing the negative idea of ourselves. that got us here in the first place. 😊✌️🌻

[Hopeful-Tinkerbell]

Awesome!

[Hopeful-Tinkerbell]

If you wouldn’t say it to someone else you care about you should say it to yourself!

[Dubba61 in reply to Hopeful-Tinkerbell]

Exactly! 😊