Paying attention to negative emotions

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thanks for the link.

Kindness towards the self is definitely a very interesting thing to investigate.  Depending on childhood circumstances, there can be deeply ingrained attitudes that receiving love and attention is conditional on some kind of performance, or exceeding expectations in terms of being the best.  From there, it's a short step to withholding love and attention for oneself, as the external attitude becomes internalised, in an attempt to 'be good' and 'fit in'.

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Been a major theme for me lately. Uncontrolled Flash Reaction.
Mouth on autopilot while brain looks on in horror.  :p

some great comedic movies have been predicated on such a theme