high self awareness is a burden when you’re using it to find things in yourself to criticize & repress
high self awareness is a gift when you’re using to find things in yourself to love & amplify
high self awareness is a burden when you’re using it to find things in yourself to criticize & repress high self awareness is a gift when you’re using to find things in yourself to love & amplify
when you’ve got a strong inner critic, you’re like an animal caught in a trap — but you’re both the animal and the trap
I came to realize that he was doing the best he could to manage his own ego’s projections. I could now see how I’d forced my need to be saved onto a guy who didn’t want to save me. Rather than realize this, I’d made him wrong for not meeting my ego’s needs. This revelation offered me tremendous relief.