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I put a lot of pressure on myself A lot of mornings (like right now) I linger in bed hiding from my own mind, knowing that if I admit to myself that I’m awake I will start shoving myself around, making myself do things to avoid the penalty of self-loathing
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13/ Of all the coercive methods of self-discipline we use, the most common is also one of the most damaging: Self-loathing. This is a method that society has trained into us so thoroughly we don't even recognize that most of us use it as our primary motivation tool.
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I am very very very very slowly unlearning the message that was pounded into my brain as a child that what I want doesn’t matter it’s a life or death lesson, learning to respect the significance of your own mind and your own moods
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