‘I hate myself. I am a bad seed. I make myself sick. I ruin everything.’
Sound familiar?
Do you struggle with feeling like you are a bad person?
Do you try to escape and numb-out from feeling like a bad person through the use of food, alcohol, drugs, overwork, or overuse of technology? Do you punish yourself for being bad through self-harming behaviors and poor choices in your relationships? Do these behaviors then confirm that you are a bad person, and lead you in a viscous cycle of badness?
Does your sense of badness extend to how you feel about your body?
Are you driven to always be extra good, and never offend or disappoint others, in order to counteract your true badness? Do you live in fear of your bad self being exposed and seen by others?
Are you frustrated that despite the work you have done to improve your self-esteem you still repeatedly collapse into feeling bad?
You are not alone.
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Voila…right on time…i feel validated.I have noticed myself going through these cycles of feeling bad throughout my married life of nearly 20 years.Before that,I don’t remember similar event.I have come to the conclusion that i feel this way because of no (7) on your list.My mother-in-law and my husband have been responsible of bringing on these ‘bad’ feelings in me.I don’t know how they do it but it’s for real.I have not gone mad or hurt myself…instead i usually try to be ‘extra-good’ or spend time looking for evidences on the contrary.I ended up with loads of motivational and spiritual books…also ended sounding n thinking like a much older person.How’s that…not a bad point to reach after 20yrs of marriage,eh?