Self Abuse

Amazing that we expect everyone to fix our screw ups. It is not that we don’t also fix the screw ups of others, but that we repeat our own and not just once or twice. That is what makes it abuse, self-abuse. Whether we just procrastinate, talk ourselves into, “it can’t happen to me,” or just can’t be bothered or don’t care, not taking care of our needs, both mentally and physically is really a form of self-abuse.

It is not that some of the things we need to do are really that hard either… they are merely habits… There is an old saying among dancers (and who knows who else). It is, “Do the step 100 times and it is yours.” They, and many athletes, also, visualize their entire performance before doing it.

We have done that unconsciously in a negative way with all our bad habits. We can do it now consciously in a positive way. Let’s be dancers and athletes about our physical and mental health… It only takes 100 times of doing it right to make it habit… so they say… And it could actually be fun trying to get there…. Stop the self-abuse of neglect and bad habits. Become the person you are capable of being… Why on earth not?

Written as part of the Stop Abuse project found at the link below. We can make a difference if we just put out the effort.

I also wrote about three other abuses, links to all four can be found here: McLeesBogaert

Please, if you have something to say about Abuse, any Abuse, speak up, say it…. say it in your blog, post it on someone else’s blog, write it somewhere, say it out loud…. One of us will make a difference. It doesn’t matter which one of us as long as it is someone.