Can you project that onto outside influences? I’ve got qualms about suggesting how to blame other people, but can you replace “I am a terrible person” with “I have bad luck”?
So then, NOT attempting to do so must be evidence that you aren’t a terrible person? Would it help to consider all of the things that you could have done worse?
That is the worry, yes.
Can you project that onto outside influences? I’ve got qualms about suggesting how to blame other people, but can you replace “I am a terrible person” with “I have bad luck”?
In the case I have in mind, attempting to do so would provide more evidence that I am a terrible person.
So then, NOT attempting to do so must be evidence that you aren’t a terrible person? Would it help to consider all of the things that you could have done worse?
Not particularly.