Stress and anxiety are emotions that will accompany a person throughout his life. When these feelings and the accompanying emotional and cognitive processes arise, we can sometimes find life unbearable. Stress and anxiety are disliked because of the cognitive, physical, behavioral and emotional responses they elicit. However, stress and anxiety, which progress to a certain extent, are very important sources for human life. In order to achieve mental and emotional recovery, some interventions are required. Consulting a physician, having the necessary medical examinations, meeting with a psychiatrist, starting a psychotherapy or psychological support and counseling process with a mental health professional are among the ways of intervention.
At this point, in addition to professional support, we also support ourselves. we can offer. Self-compassion awareness-based practices and meditations are at the forefront of these self-support practices. Here, perhaps, it may be helpful to look deeply into what self-compassion is and how one can support oneself through self-compassion.
Self-compassion is generally perceived as self-pity and self-pity. On the contrary, self-compassion corresponds to offering support to oneself when experiencing stressful, traumatic and challenging life events, as well as to offering support to a loved one who is suffering. Self-compassion is basically a person's approach to himself in the context of love and unconditional positive acceptance. It is important to accept all emotions, challenging and non-compulsive, and open the heart to all emotions. “What exactly do I need right now?” The question most fundamentally points to the essence of self-compassion. The fact that we can be friends with ourselves when we need them most points to the main purpose of self-compassionate awareness. and we begin to understand the importance of approaching in a more supportive and hopeful way rather than with a critical attitude. In order to better understand self-compassion, we need to review our evaluations of life.
We often think that life consists of a straight line of progression. When we evaluate life events, we forget the fact that all human beings are developing. At this point, we can remember some things that we should not forget by approaching ourselves in a self-compassion manner and evaluating the world, our experiences and other people in this framework. It is an evolving experience. Everyone can make mistakes from time to time and have experiences that are considered failures. However, life can open new doors for us by bringing with it various possibilities and potentials. This difference does not mean that every person does not experience pain and difficulties from time to time depending on certain situations or events, that is, there is no common human experience of pain and strain. The common experiences of humanity, which is one of the three basic pillars on which self-compassion rests, gain importance in this sense.
When a difficult life event is experienced and a compelling emotion accompanies us, it is necessary to accept this challenge with awareness, as well as the common human experience. By approaching ourselves with kindness, we can support ourselves in this process. Awareness and self-kindness approach are the other pillars on which self-compassion rests at this point. says that a nurturing perspective is possible. In this process, especially if life events and emotions that challenge us have appeared, we need to take an attitude that recognizes and accepts the degree of impact of this difficulty in our approach to ourselves and the emotional changes it causes in us. It will be a healthier way.
Trying to approach ourselves with kindness and compassion, as we would approach a relative with similar experiences in the face of the negativities, failures, mistakes and difficulties we have experienced, will support us in establishing self-compassionate awareness. As a matter of fact, this will be a beneficial step not only for ourselves but also for other people. Because, to the extent that we can approach ourselves in a compassionate way, we can be more concerned, reconciliatory, compassionate and supportive in our relationships with other people.
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