Self Forgiveness article, with Writing Exercises

This is a fantastic article. Thank you for posting it, Jan.

 

This reminded me of something I discovered from journaling when I first learned about TMS. I may have mentioned it previously here. When I was journaling, I uncovered a well hidden reason for my need to be perfect and for blaming myself. It all stemmed from a doll. That I left out in the rain. I was just a little girl and my doll was my baby. My dad, being oblivious to the importance of that doll, found the drenched doll that night and tossed it away. I was told, "that's what happens when you leave your stuff out" or something to that effect. I was devastated. I killed my baby and it was because I did something wrong. Evidently that message stuck. Make a mistake and something/someone could die. That's the message that I got and live with.