Accepted Positive Personal Feedback - Number 26
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I listened to the tape recorder in my head that repeated what my abusers used to tell me. My therapist had me do an exercise where I asked people to tell me my most positive qualities in order for me to realize that what I had been hearing and believing wasn’t true about me. This was an absolutely terrifying exercise. I knew I had to do it in order to heal and that’s how I found myself doing number 26 on my list... Accepted Positive Personal Feedback. 
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