selfstigma

I think, for me, the worst words used to describe me and my symptoms have to be "attention seeking" or "lazy"

Others include
"Manipulative"
"Entitled"
"Twisted"
"oversensitive"
"needy"
"over thinker"
"dumb"
"pessimistic"
"miserable"
"ignorant"
"rude"
"stroppy"
"petty"
"self absorbed"
"paranoid"
"victim complex"
"drama queen"
"childish"

How do you challenge this way of talking and prevent it becoming part of your own inner monologue? Because, I will be honest, I'm not the kindest person to myself and some of these words I have used on myself, they have not always come from people around me, whilst some words are words used to hurt or invalidate me in the past that I have taken on as part of the weaponry towards myself. I am a self bully and I need to stop. How can I challenge others' language if I am using it myself?

Does anyone else get where I'm coming from? How have you silenced your inner critic?
How do you separate your symptoms from your personality? How do you stop them from defining who you are?

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