Slow start today. Did some work. Cleaned up. Wrote a journal entry. Drafted an email to the Illinois Bernie delegation to the DNC Convention. Worked out.
Had a difficult therapy session this afternoon (surprisingly so). My therapist asked me specific questions regarding my negative self-talk, and countered with various alternate perspectives. It was upsetting to actually hear how hard I am on myself. Negative thoughts spiraling around my head seem “normal” at this point, but for some reason having to communicate the same thoughts out loud to someone else made me realize how cruel and uncompassionate they are. I would never talk to someone else that way… why do I say those things to myself?
After that I just relaxed… trying to be kind to myself and not feel like I need to accomplish a bunch of things tonight. Some days you have simply “done enough”—and it should be okay to convalesce, eat snacks and watch bad reality teevee in bed.