Self-Bullying Energy In Depression. 💙

One of the worst aspects of depression is what I like to call self-bullying energy. It's the unrelenting stream of negative thoughts directed at yourself. So it's self-critical and it's self-rejecting. 💙

And it's a stream of constant thoughts along the lines of, I should, I have to, I must, I've got to, why can't I? And it's very critical, very judgmental and very negative. And it takes a long time to unwind those thoughts. 💙

But the first step is for other people to show compassion, and then the person with depression can model that and show compassion to themselves. 💙