Since we're doing shadow work now, try this one: what if the reason you're being nasty to yourself is that there are no real, immediately obvious bad consequences to doing so?
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questioning, disciplined, challenging, okay, but not meaner!
Mostly I think it's just the end result of countless hours spent helping friends debug their own emotional problems and talking to myself like I talk to them / would like them to talk to themselves.
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Makes sense. Does not come naturally to me at all.
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I think it helps that I've got very good metacognition, so I spend a lot of time paying attention to the structure of my thoughts, and I'm good enough at separating myself from my emotional responses a bit that I can then go "Actually, is this helpful?"
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