just imagined someone telling me “it’s okay to make mistakes, it doesn’t mean you’re bad and it doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with you” and started crying so uh
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I've just reconciled with something similar: the fact that I've made mistakes makes me a better person (not worse) because I have more empathy for other people who have made mistakes too. It's very hard to forgive yourself but once you do it makes it easier to forgive others.
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Instead of forgiveness just being a philosophical position of something that you should do, you can really feel forgiveness for others if you've struggled to forgive yourself.
I was less truly forgiving earlier in my life when I hadn't done as many dumb things. I'm kinder now.
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Here's a real person saying it:
It’s okay to make mistakes, it doesn’t mean you’re bad and it doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with you.
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In my experience, it can be very helpful if QC gets someone to say it out loud, e.g. a family member or an online friend (preferably a close one) records it in audio/video.
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It's true.
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Things I am in favor of:
genocide, rape, mutilation, slavery, war, industrial exploitation, factory farming, climate change denialism, anti-vaxxers, Muslim terrorism, nazis, racism, child labor, torture,
and unconditionally, YOU.
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growing up, I was actively discouraged from saying “I’m bad at x” in any context. it was quickly replaced with “I haven’t had enough practice in x.”
god, the difference it made — idk if you know, but I can do anything if I put in time in
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In music, a mistake just means you're a half step away from getting it right. In general, "oops is the sound we make when we improve our beliefs and strategies."