The Voice in Your Head Isn’t Who You Think It Is
Our theme for May is negative self-talk. This is the first of four posts.
Growing up, I firmly believed two things:
* I was not clever.
* I had nothing interesting to say.
I have no idea exactly where or when these beliefs started. I thought I should be clever like my younger sister, and I was a shy introvert. Those feel like the starting points.
After that, my brain seemed to collect “evidence” that these beliefs were true.Any time I was ignored, told to be quiet, or criticised, it counted as proof. Over time, those beliefs became part of who I was.
Some memories are still so vivid they…
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