Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Negative self beliefs are deeply ingrained(and even subconscious) negative thoughts about yourself. They can stem from mental health struggles, and/or traumatic past experiences with family members.
Things like ‘I am unworthy of love', ‘I am a burden', 'I don’t deserve happiness’ are false negative beliefs that can make practicing self compassion difficult or nearly impossible.
I know that being loved by and loving my wife wasn’t the cure for me, it was years of EMDR(Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) Therapy. But it definitely doesn’t hurt!
Negative self beliefs are deeply ingrained(and even subconscious) negative thoughts about yourself. They can stem from mental health struggles, and/or traumatic past experiences with family members.
Things like ‘I am unworthy of love', ‘I am a burden', 'I don’t deserve happiness’ are false negative beliefs that can make practicing self compassion difficult or nearly impossible.
I know that being loved by and loving my wife wasn’t the cure for me, it was years of EMDR(Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) Therapy. But it definitely doesn’t hurt!
