Posted by littleone on January 17, 2007, at 14:15:57
In reply to Mother Stuff, posted by Daisym on January 16, 2007, at 23:04:51
Regardless of whether your mother is or isn't capable of giving you acceptance, I believe it's more important to learn to accept yourself. That the acceptance has to come from within, not from an external source.
I might be wrong, but it doesn't sound like you're doing that. It sounds more like you are sacrificing yourself to win her (and other people's) acceptance.
Perhaps it would help to move the focus here. To turn the focus to yourself. To consciously and deliberately choose to work on self acceptance.
How much work do you do on nurturing your parts and mothering yourself?
poster:littleone
thread:723052
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20070103/msgs/723247.html