We may have learned to disguise our true feelings about ourselves by managing the way we present to others—our hair, body, clothing, where we live, whom we associate with—it’s all about exteriors. We may boast of our accomplishments, but underneath the trappings lies a dungeon where we secretly and incessantly punish and torture ourselves. At times, we may punish ourselves openly before the whole world by saying demeaning things about ourselves. Sometimes, we may allow people to hurt us, but our worst beatings go on privately, inside our minds.
