self-loathing Archives - Vironika Wilde (Tugaleva)

I am slowly reassembling the pieces of myself I broke off to match some external idea of what it means to be spiritual, to be healthy, to be self-loving.

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Reintegrating the Forgotten Pieces of Myself

Vironika 4 years agoNovember 18, 2018

Four lessons we must learn from Robin Williams' tragic suicide so that we can save ourselves and each other from the same fate.

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Lessons From Suffering and Suicide: Tribute to Robin Williams

Vironika 7 years agoDecember 4, 2017

A letter to the voice of perfection inside my mind to let it know—I'm not going to listen to it anymore, and I'm not going to do it alone.

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It’s Not Me, It’s You—A Letter to Perfection

Vironika 7 years agoDecember 4, 2017

An absolutely fascinating picture of a note I wrote to myself in the midst of feeling suicidal and self-destructive. It's a picture of hope.

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What Hope Looks Like

Vironika 7 years agoNovember 29, 2017

How (and why) shame creeps into my creative process, and what I choose to do about it (so it doesn't sabotage my whole life!)

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Shame and Creativity: Why I Hate My Work Sometimes

Vironika 8 years agoMarch 22, 2018

How the epidemic of shame affects our relationships with ourselves and each other, how we can escape, and why it matters.

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Escaping From the Prison of Shame

Vironika 8 years agoNovember 29, 2017