08/24/2021
Posted • .drbetsy “Given the context of your story, every choice you’ve made in the past and here on out makes sense.
The only reason that others have judged you is because they don’t know your full story.
They don’t know what you’ve been through...
They’ve never lived a day in your shoes...
They don’t know what options you’ve had or didn’t have...
They don’t know what you have or haven’t tried...
...so nobody, except yourself, could fully understand the choices you’ve reasonably made.
Know that anybody who’s passed negative judgment on you are only seeing 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 world, through 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 lens. And perhaps if 𝘺𝘰𝘶 understood 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 backstory, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 judgments of 𝘺𝘰𝘶 would make sense too.
And if you’re having a hard time not taking somebody’s opinions about you personally, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼.
But when you’re ready to unpack it all, you can disempower the judgments of others by making meaning of your experiences.
Once you find self-compassion, you’ll precisely see why others’ negative opinions of you are, in actuality, biased and irrelevant to your life.”
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