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tsowmaymay t1_j8egm5x wrote

Reply to comment by teamweed420 in Cultivating a sense of perspective about pet loss can lead to post-traumatic growth after their death by chrisdh79

I'm at the very, very early stages of trying to work through this with a therapist. I spent this weekend trying to catch myself when I was being overly self-critical. When I did catch myself, I tried to practice self-compassion and I noticed that I'm having a lot of troubling believing myself/believing the uplifting and compassionate inner tone/inner dialogue. I felt like I was just trying to trick myself. Did you go through this too and if so, any tips to actually believing your compassionate inner voice?

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teamweed420 t1_j8engqa wrote

My therapist told me to kinda treat my mind like it’s someone who I’m friends with coming to me asking for help on anxiety. And try to focus on perspective - so many people have it much worse than you. You’ve got a roof over your head. You’ve got more than enough time to fix how you feel. Take a deep breath. Things are going to be ok.

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