self-care-club:

I have this problem where every time I make a mistake, no matter how insignificant, my brain immediately starts berating me: “Idiot!”, “You’re so stupid!”, etc.

My therapist has been teaching me to recognize and counter these thoughts by following them with thoughts like…

• It was just a mistake, everyone makes them. 
• I’m not an idiot. 
• I made a mistake, but I can fix it. 
• What did I learn from this? 
• If someone else had done this, would I think they were stupid? 
• That was no big deal! 

 You don’t deserve to be called names, even by your own mind!