Since writing this (which was several months ago), I’ve been thinking more towards a more wholesome self-care type approach, where it’s important to understand what all the parts of yourself are trying to say. I think CFAR emphasizes this quite a bit in their curriculum.
When it comes to diagnosing action-intention gaps, e.g. you “want” to do something but don’t actually do it due to hidden aversions, the sort of attitude you propose leads to helpful dialogues with yourself that are often a much better long-term solution than the brute-force “hate the ‘bad’ parts of yourself” thing I put in Step 1.
Yes, thank you for pointing this out.
Since writing this (which was several months ago), I’ve been thinking more towards a more wholesome self-care type approach, where it’s important to understand what all the parts of yourself are trying to say. I think CFAR emphasizes this quite a bit in their curriculum.
When it comes to diagnosing action-intention gaps, e.g. you “want” to do something but don’t actually do it due to hidden aversions, the sort of attitude you propose leads to helpful dialogues with yourself that are often a much better long-term solution than the brute-force “hate the ‘bad’ parts of yourself” thing I put in Step 1.