The strategy helps people cope without being defensive.
Treating oneself kindly when things go wrong is one of the best ways to promote emotional healing, research finds.
People who are more self-compassionate experience less negative emotion.
Self-compassion allows people to accept responsibility for bad experiences, while feeling better about them.
Self-compassion is also linked to more:
- optimism,
- feeling alive,
- and energy.
Being self-compassionate involves three components:
- Directing kindness and understanding towards the self.
- Knowing that suffering is part of the human condition.
- Accepting mindfully what is happening.
People who are self-compassionate place less importance on the outcome of events; instead, trying to accept them mindfully whether they go well or badly.
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