Treat yourself better than you treat everyone else

Treat yourself better than you treat everyone else Many of us are unforgiving to ourselves. "Our own worst critics" as it were. We'd never be as critical of someone else as we are of ourselves. STOP IT! Right now. Today. Cut yourself some slack. You're doing your best. You're putting forth more effort than anyone else realizes to achieve what comes naturally to most. Recognize the effort and weight that you carry. It's unfair to focus on the negatives and disregard the effort. "Remember last week when you couldn't order food" thoughts are harmful. Replaying scenarios in your mind is just abusive. No one else is doing this to you. When you find yourself self-berating, recognize and disengage. Tell yourself over and over that such thoughts are harmful. Reframe these mental sessions into positives. None of this is easy. It takes perseverance. Changing habits and thought patterns will require real effort. ​ “That’s one thing Earthlings might learn to do if they tried hard enough: Ignore the awful times and concentrate on the good ones.” — Kurt Vonnegut