A little more in re self-hatred

[nancylebov]

I'm glad some people have found my earlier post promising

Comments

[sodyera]

Basically, I'd learned that if you don't get a handle on your weird inner crap, nobody else will, and Those Outside will never do as good a job of it. Inching ahead becomes one's only reward.

[acelightning]

Keeping your brain occupied with busy-busy helps, at least for some people. But it does make it hard to fall asleep sometimes.

[asakiyume]

I've definitely found that very tiny goals, which are accomplishable, help me feel better and more capable of moving forward. Like, if I get into a situation of thinking, "Man, you just don't do ANYthing, do you??" I say, well, I did the dishes. And I changed the cat litter. Those are two things." Like that.