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Self-criticism -- calling yourself fat, disgusting and other mean, nasty names -- is really a recipe for emotional overeating and holiday weight gain.
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Are You Beating Yourself Up for Overindulging? Jean Fain 2011
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Self-criticism -- calling yourself fat, disgusting and other mean, nasty names -- is really a recipe for emotional overeating and holiday weight gain.
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Are You Beating Yourself Up for Overindulging? Jean Fain 2011
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Self-criticism -- calling yourself fat, disgusting and other mean, nasty names -- is really a recipe for emotional overeating and holiday weight gain.
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Are You Beating Yourself Up for Overindulging? Jean Fain 2011
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Self-criticism -- calling yourself fat, disgusting and other mean, nasty names -- is really a recipe for emotional overeating and holiday weight gain.
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Are You Beating Yourself Up for Overindulging? Jean Fain 2011
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Self-criticism is a convoluted defense mechanism: "If I am hard on myself, then other people won't have to be."
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Self-criticism, self-sabotage, invalidation of self, judgment of self and others.
The Secret Language of Your Body Inna Segal 2010
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Self-criticism is painful, but it's time to face the fact that if you voted for Barack Obama, you're a screw-up.
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Self-criticism was every bit as much a hallmark of Enlightenment discourse as ringing expressions of “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” or “all men are created equal.”
Emancipation Michael Goldfarb 2009
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Self-criticism is also a factor in eating disorders, self-mutilation and body dysmorphic disorder -- that is, preoccupation with one's perceived physical flaws.
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Self-criticism is painful, but it's time to face the fact that if you voted for Barack Obama, you're a screw-up.
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