Why We Are Our Own Worst Critics And How To Stop Judging Yourself - Sunnyvale

Have you ever had a train of thought disrupted by self hatred thought? You're just going about your day running errands or sending out emails and all of the sudden you're mentally beating the crap out of yourself because your body isn't an Instagram model? These negative thoughts are the reasons why we are our own worst critics. This post explores: Why we are our own worst critics Two skills to be nicer to yourself 2 techniques to make your brain shut up First let's understand why we are our own worst critics. It all begins innocently. Perhaps your parents would always weigh themselves each day and make an off-hand remark to you about whether they gained weight. Even simple visits to the doctor's office where you are weighed can lead you to place much of your self-esteem on a proper weight and body image. Of course there are many people who have verbally abusive parents, whose parents teased them about their weight. My experience tells me that the majority of people had pretty good parents, good enough parents but their parents came from an older generation that was ignorant in terms of dieting.