Interested topic written from a spiritual perspective. I can see a lot of parallels and applications to the mental health field as well. Many people with childhood trauma, or even just difficult childhoods (absent parents, bullying experiences, etc.) develop low self-worth that they then chase into adulthood. Overcompensating by excelling in personal appearance, career or family. Adhering to a need for perfection. It may look ideal on the outside but it’s really a form of self-punishment.
If I’m not perfect 24/7 I’m worthless. Or if your words, if I’m not exhausting myself and doing everything I can to constantly be achieving, I’m unworthy of love.
Absolutely. A distorted belief can come from anything and the result is almost always overcompensating from a place of low self worth and the irony is you lose yourself in the process, which morphs into self-abandonment and condemnation. Thankfully we can recalibrate these distortions and find freedom in being our authentic selves.
Interested topic written from a spiritual perspective. I can see a lot of parallels and applications to the mental health field as well. Many people with childhood trauma, or even just difficult childhoods (absent parents, bullying experiences, etc.) develop low self-worth that they then chase into adulthood. Overcompensating by excelling in personal appearance, career or family. Adhering to a need for perfection. It may look ideal on the outside but it’s really a form of self-punishment.
If I’m not perfect 24/7 I’m worthless. Or if your words, if I’m not exhausting myself and doing everything I can to constantly be achieving, I’m unworthy of love.
Absolutely. A distorted belief can come from anything and the result is almost always overcompensating from a place of low self worth and the irony is you lose yourself in the process, which morphs into self-abandonment and condemnation. Thankfully we can recalibrate these distortions and find freedom in being our authentic selves.