Tag: how to forgive yourself
Self-forgiveness is about learning how to forgive yourself for mistakes you made or the choices you made, at great costs. Often we wonder, how it is possible we messed up so much, how did we come to this? #selfforgiveness
When memories arise of behaviors and situations we’re not proud of, it can be easy to turn to shame. However, shame has very little usefulness, as it oftentimes serves to shut us down, isolate, and close ourselves off from others and our own healing. #overcomingshame
Forgive yourself for past behaviors.
Learning to forgive yourself is an essential life skill and a process that is different for everyone who tries to do it. To be better at forgiving yourself, it is essential to understand why self-forgiveness is so difficult to achieve.
![How to Make Peace With the Scariest Parts of Our Past [VIDEO]](https://i0.wp.com/consciouslifenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/heal_past.jpg?resize=675%2C240&ssl=1 "How to Make Peace With the Scariest Parts of Our Past [VIDEO]")
Forgiving ourselves for actions we feel guilty for is vital to keeping a healthy self-image and keeping peace with yourself and others. Until you can tell your story without getting heated, upset, or ending up in tears, then you have not yet healed and will still have the tendency to bring toxicity into your relationships. Awareness of this fact is the first step in changing negative behavior; however willingness and effort to change must be present or the ego will fight to the death to keep that skeleton scratching at the back of your mind.
