View Single Post
Old 03-15-2005, 12:43 AM
  # 6 (permalink)  
Andy F
Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: London
Posts: 448
From page 68

You may have difficulty accepting your imperfections and your limitations. You may harangue yourself whenever you fall short of a personal goal and tell yourself "I 'shouldn't' have made that mistake! I'm such a jerk. How could I screw up?" Although all this self-abuse creates guilt and depression, there may be a hidden payoff. Only a very special person could be expected to be so perfect. After all. most of us more average people make lots of mistakes! When we do, we try to learn from them and carry on again. But if you punish yourself and act as if your mistakes are unthinkable and unacceptable, it means you're superior to the rest of us!
Andy F is offline