{"id":31359,"date":"2021-04-02T06:35:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T10:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=31359"},"modified":"2021-04-10T19:17:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-10T23:17:18","slug":"radical-self-acceptance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/radical-self-acceptance\/","title":{"rendered":"Radical Self-Acceptance: You Have to Break to Heal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you ever feel like you&#8217;re drowning in your shortcomings? Do you feel like you can only focus on your flaws and the flaws of others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we feel like we&#8217;ve hit our lowest point, or &#8220;hit rock bottom&#8221;, it&#8217;s the perfect time to open up to Radical Self-Acceptance. We can realize that even if we&#8217;re &#8220;flawed&#8221;, we don&#8217;t need to be constantly watching and judging ourselves. We often find that we have to be truly, deeply injured before we can begin to heal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading to learn how you can practice Radical Self-Acceptance to pull yourself out of a rut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Radical Self-Acceptance Brings Freedom<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/feeling-unworthy\/\">Feeling unworthy<\/a> puts us into a sort of trance.<\/strong> We can\u2019t see past our own perceived shortcomings; our self-image becomes twisted and ugly, and we feel unkind both toward ourselves and others. We become like the tiger Mohini, spending our lives pacing one tiny corner of a large, beautiful enclosure.&nbsp;Radical Self-Acceptance can release us from that corner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radical Acceptance is how we awaken from the trance. Recognition of, and compassion for, our own moment-to-moment experiences help us to recognize when we\u2019re caught in harmful patterns. We must recognize when we\u2019re stuck in habits of fighting (others or ourselves), judging (again, others or ourselves), and trying to control our pleasures and pains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that understanding, we can start to see other ways forward. If we stop being so afraid of unpleasant experiences and demanding people, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/learn-to-forgive-the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven\/\">learn to forgive<\/a> ourselves for our own mistakes, we can start taking down the defenses that block out so much of the world. <strong>Rather than trying to control life, we can simply live it.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Buddhists call this <em>clear comprehension<\/em>: seeing things as they are, including the patterns of our lives and the broader consequences of our thoughts and actions. 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