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How Your Self-Trust and Self-Talk Affect Your Life
That Nagging Voice is Harmful
In this series on self-trust, we have examined many different aspects of what it means. We have also covered how complex post-traumatic stress disorder affects self-trust and vice versa.
This article will focus on how self-trust and how you talk to yourself changes you.
A Description of Self-Trust
Self-trust is when you consistently remain true to yourself and look after your needs and safety. You treat yourself with compassion and never strive for perfection. Deep down, where it counts, you know you can survive and refuse to give up on yourself.
Self-trust affects all aspects of your health and life, including:
Emotionally. With healthy self-trust, you are calm and at peace with yourself. You are confident in your decisions, and your relationships are healthy. You also have a higher level of emotional intelligence.
Without self-trust, you feel you are not good enough and are hard on yourself when criticized, guilty, or ashamed. You find it so difficult to make decisions that you constantly ask others for guidance. You are also afraid of disappointing others.
