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<\/p>\nToday there is a lot of talk about accepting yourself for who you are. Some people cope with this easily, others fail at all - how can you love your weaknesses and shortcomings? Acceptance does not mean approval, explains psychotherapist Svetlana Krivtsova. The main thing is that you have someone who is always on your side. You yourself.<\/p>\n
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Psychologies: \u00a0<\/b>Many of us were taught as children that we should be critical of ourselves. And now they talk more about acceptance, that you need to be kinder to yourself. Does this mean that we should be lenient towards our shortcomings and even vices?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Svetlana Krivtsova: \u00a0<\/b>Acceptance is not at all synonymous with condescension or approval. \u201cAccepting something\u201d means that I allow this something to take a place in my life, I give it the right to be. I say calmly: \u201cYes, it is what it is.\u201d Some things are easy to accept: this is a table, we sit at it and talk. I'm in no danger here. It's hard to accept what I perceive as a threat. For example, I find out that my house is going to be demolished.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Is it possible to be calm when our house is being demolished?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n To make this possible, internal work will have to be done. First of all, force yourself to stop when you want to flee or respond to a threat with aggression. Stop and gather the courage to start figuring it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n