Awish Writes

You are such a failure. You are too fat and unattractive. You are not good enough. You are hopeless. Everyone must be thinking that you are so {boring/rude/unattractive}... Now imagine one day you hear one lady saying all these things to her child, what will you do? You'll get upset and will definitely rush to interrupt that lady. Then why do you normalise saying all these things to yourself? Is it good for you? Do you find it fun? No right, then why? These are some extremely harsh and critical statements one can impose on someone yet you do it on yourself perfectly. And to be very honest, I know this comes naturally without having any conscious control over it. For some, it can be the by-product of their culture which encourages them to be self-deprecating and modest. For others being harsh and critical may be a way to motivate themselves to do better and push harder. Just one question though, when you have better options to choose from then why do you go for a harder one that is ...