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[quote=Anonymous]Dear OP,

Hugs.

You asked for a mantra. Perhaps you are on track to try to meditate. That can help so much in how you change the narrative in your head. The first step to changing the narrative is knowing that the negative things you think about are judgments and not truths. A good exercise is to counter every negative thought with a positive one. When you think "I feel incorrectly responsible for looking right," counter it with "I am worthy of self love." When you think "family portraits are proof of winning at life," counter it with "the next time I take a family portrait, it will be at the top of a mountain that my family hiked together, and those smiles reflect accomplishments of health and connection." When you say "I feel responsible for my husband," talk to him about your negative thinking and have him support (not in a nagging or solution-focused way) by supplying his own positive thoughts about you (he has them). For every part of your body that you judge, emphasize a part of your body you love. If you can't find a part of your body that you love, go deeper into the way your body works. You have breath. You have intelligence. You are capable of compassion. You are capable of health. You take joy in (whatever you love to do). You are worthy of love for who you are. These are all mantras.

If it helps, write your negative thoughts in a journal. When you do, write down two ways to combat those thoughts. Start looking into meditation focused on lovingkindness. We can get caught up in our negative talk loop so much that we forget about how wonderful we are, how we are capable of everything we fear we can't do, and how just shifting the mindset helps so much.

I wish you all of the care and self compassion you can achieve.

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