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The question you need to ask is not "What's wrong with me?" but rather "What is right about this behavior?" Most people try to attack habits from the angle of behavior modification rather than behavior comprehension. Your habits serve a function. Knowing the function of your habit is key to changing it.

Skillful parents attend to injuries. They do not avoid injuries.

You may be quick to write off low-level emotional wounds by thinking, It wasn't that bad...other people have it so much worse. But over time, even low-level emotional wounds can have an effect on your sense of worth and well-being. You don't squint at your computer screen and think, Well other people have worse problems with their eyes, so I don't deserve to go to the optometrist. You have a right to feel and to heal