So I suggest that looking at herself differently might help.
If we addicts inventory what we've done to ourselves it's easy to see why we're angry and depressed.
After all, many of us have pissed away everything. We've hurt our families. Lost jobs. Put ourselves in jails and prisons. Let others down over and over. Been homeless. Overdosed on drugs and alcohol. The damage we've done is sometimes hard to calculate.
What would we do - or want to do - to someone who did to us what we did to ourselves? It probably wouldn't be nice.
So many of us are understandably angry at ourselves. And it often expresses itself in depression, anger, and anxiety.
But having said that, how do we change this?
One way is to forgive ourselves because living in anger and depression serves no purpose. It keeps us stuck.
Forgiving ourselves, though, is but one part of changing our anger. The other part is to engage in practices that show we value ourselves and our lives.
We can begin by eating right, quitting smoking and exercising.
And we can go even further by engaging in loving kindness meditations. By doing this practice we direct love, compassion, and kindness to our innermost self.
But having said that, how do we change this?
One way is to forgive ourselves because living in anger and depression serves no purpose. It keeps us stuck.
Forgiving ourselves, though, is but one part of changing our anger. The other part is to engage in practices that show we value ourselves and our lives.
We can begin by eating right, quitting smoking and exercising.
And we can go even further by engaging in loving kindness meditations. By doing this practice we direct love, compassion, and kindness to our innermost self.
This practice will help us feel better about ourselves - right away.
