“Shoulding Yourself”?
Do you have the “tyranny of the should”: dividing your personality into an ideal self and a real / able self. The concept of “Shoulding Yourself”, which refers to a perceived obligation or expectation imposed on oneself or others. Our human tendency is to tell ourselves what “what we should do” as opposed to what we “are able “to do. The Shoulds: Telling yourself that you have an obligation to do something. The Solution: Self Compassion Practice Self Compassion to…