Taking Back My Brain, One Thought At A Time

[wlotus]

If The Others^* would stop insisting I am "nothing" if I am not a superstar in everything I do, I would be far less stressed. But the fact that I recognize their accusation is ridiculous is cause for celebration!

Tonight I wrote in my paper journal, "Be inspired by others without comparing myself to them (and stressing or depressing myself). I do NOT NEED TO BE A SUPERSTAR TO BE VALID. I am building MY life for ME at MY OWN speed and in MY OWN way." I think I'll leave my journal open to that page, so I'll see it when I wake up in the morning.

^*The Others is my term for the hyper-critical messages I picked up from others over the course of my life.

Comments

[flyingshaman.livejournal.com]

Wow, all of that is a really big step! That's something to be proud of. So few get to that stage - good for you!

[denimpeanut.livejournal.com]

You're doing just fine. Keep going!

[tively-split.livejournal.com]

If everybody needed to be a superstar... There'd be a lot of invalid people, eh? Still, I do need to remember to compare myself to myself (not to others) and not get too unrealistically perfectionistic... If I got too perfect everyone else 'd wanna kill me! ;-)

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

Yes! Thank you!