From the course: Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself (Blinkist Summary)

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Recognizing shared humanity

Recognizing shared humanity

From the course: Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself (Blinkist Summary)

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Recognizing shared humanity

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- Blink eight of nine. - Imagine you thought you were the only person in the world who had a problem. Let's say a fear of public speaking. Feeling all alone with your problem, it would be easy to get down on yourself about it. "Everyone else is fine with public speaking," you might say. "What's wrong with me?" Now imagine if one day another person came along and said, "Actually, just about everyone else fears public speaking too. In fact, it's one of the most common phobias. In other words, you're not alone. Your fear of public speaking is part of your being human. And it's a part of other people's humanity, too." What would you feel? Probably a huge sense of relief. - The key message here is recognizing our shared humanity with other people is another essential element of self-compassion. - When we're suffering over something, it can be easy to get so fixated on our misfortune that it becomes the only thing we see in…

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