When you're depressed, the hardest part often isn't the sadness itself.
It's the voice that says, while you feel it: You deserve this. You will never get better.
The fact that we can tell ourselves such a story is what makes our depression so painful. 🧵
When a friend fails, you're warm and kind. When you fail, you call yourself stupid. But self-criticism triggers a threat response that keeps you stuck. Self-compassion is what actually helps you change. Try talking to yourself like someone you love.
In the 1740s, an English sailor named John Newton had abandoned any belief in God and was making enemies everywhere he went. His mother had died when he was seven, and he drifted into the slave trade.
In 1748, a violent storm nearly sank his ship. Certain he was about to die,
Have you ever thought about why your brain is divided into two hemispheres?
There's a reason. And it's not the "left-brain"/"right-brain" divide that pop psychology told you. 🧵
