Self-Forgiveness - A Short Video Message & Discussion
Watch this 3 minute video of me!It is a video message for all of youon the topic that has been on my mind this week: of self-forgiveness!
To me self-forgiveness is something we all can practice every day! Please watch the video and share your thoughts on this topic here :)
For those of you who don't know me yet, hello! I look forward to hearing what you have to say!
Great video. Important subject. Feeling free of self-blame really opens us up to the world so makes us more able to help, to get inspired to action that help us thrive more in our lives etc...
@Laura Thank you for posting this video. I am going to share it with my family and friends to have them watch it :)
Cool video, definitely an idea I need to work on.Thanks for sharing :)
Thank this is a great topic
Thank you. Very helpful.
I think the best way I've found to forgive myself for certain things (it doesn't really work for other things) is if I were to imagine myself as someone I knew at the age I was with the circumstances I had... and then rationalize if I would've held such a grudge against them for so long or blame them for what happened.
It's actually a trick a friend showed me once and it's been very helpful.
You are you're own worst critic afterall... thanks for the video! Accepting the way things were at the time and the person I was at the time and that it doesn't have to mean that it is me forever might help with the other things the first technique couldn't cover!
this is all new to me and this support group is new to me as well. i have a very hard time forgiving people let alone myself. I hate myself to much to forgive myelf. sorry i should go. bye now
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Is justifying your actions the same as self forgiveness? I know why I did what I did, I dont regret what I did but other people wont see it the way I do. I did the wrong thing. Perhaps forgiveness is admitting what you did is wrong and moving on hopefully with the intent of not doing it again.
sounds similar to my situation, except I regret what i did. in your situation, you admit you did the wrong thing, you might not regret it, but you know it was wrong. And it's okay to justify your actions. It means that you're not just a bad person who randomly does bad things. you had a reason you felt you had to do what you did. other people might not get it, but they don't know the whole story. You're right,as long as you admit what you did was wrong, and learn from it so that you hopefully don't repeat it, you'll be fine.
Your last sentence is the correct assumption. You did wrong, you admit it and you will strive to not do it again. I, personally, do not see it as a self-forgiveness but as a learning process. You grabbed a hot pan, you got burned. Next time you grab a hot pad first or you wait for it to cook or one of several other options. If you regret what you did and now vow to not repeat, then you are a smarter person.