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🪞 UnShaming Reflections
If you've ever dealt with a physical symptom, whether it's chronic pain, fatigue, headaches, or something else, you've probably noticed something: the symptom isn't the only thing that hurts. There's a voice that comes with it.
"Why can't I just push through this?" "Everyone else seems fine. What's wrong with me?" "I'm so weak." "I should be able to handle this by now."
That voice is the inner critic, and it's almost always tied to deeper cultural messages about what we should be able to endure. The symptom creates suffering. The inner criticism shames us for suffering. And we end up carrying two layers of pain, often without realizing the second one is even there.
This week's reflection:
💗 Think about a body symptom you're currently dealing with, or one that comes and goes. Now listen carefully: what does your inner critic say about you because of that symptom? Write those words down exactly as you hear them. Don't soften them. Then read them back to yourself out loud. What does it feel like to actually hear what you've been saying to yourself? Does it sound like the voice of someone who cares about you, or someone who is being cruel?
The symptom deserves care. But so does the part of you that's been quietly absorbing that cruelty without anyone noticing.
xo, Amanda
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🪞 UnShaming Reflections
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