Coaching practices for Why Am I So Rude to People I Love

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• I’m brutal on myself the second I slip up
• I keep saying yes to things that drain me because saying no feels selfish or mean
• I bend over backwards to be fair to everyone else and then quietly leave myself out of the equation entirely
• When I’m hurt I get sharp
• I extend everyone else this generosity, but when I mess up I go straight to "I’m lazy, I’m a failure, this is just who I am"

Practices that may help

1. Extend the same generosity inward
   The charitable read is for your own behavior too — and refusing it for yourself fuels harshness toward others.
   Generous Interpretation
2. Fierce protection: say "no" from care, not fear
   Defend your time, body, and dignity as you would defend a beloved child — because you are equally worth defending.
   Fierce Self-Compassion, Made Practical
3. Be Fair: include yourself in the fairness you extend to others
   Apply the same standards of fairness to yourself that you would to someone you respect.
   FAST: DBT’s Skill for Maintaining Self-Respect in Relationships
4. Be Gentle: no attacks, threats, or expressions of contempt
   Say what you need to say without aggression, sarcasm, or contempt — even when you are hurt or angry.
   GIVE: DBT’s Skill for Preserving Relationships During Difficult Conversations
5. Apply the razor to yourself
   Extend to your own past actions the same charitable interpretation you give others.
   Hanlon's Razor: Never Attribute to Malice What Stupidity Can Explain
6. Catch the attribution error
   Notice when you’re explaining someone’s behavior by their character instead of their situation.
   Generous Interpretation
7. Extend the compassion you would give a friend to yourself
   Ask what you would say to a capable friend who had delayed on the same task — then say that.
   Self-Forgiveness and Procrastination
8. Work the difficult-person stage without forcing
   Extend metta to a difficult person not as approval of their actions but as unconditional goodwill for their wellbeing.
   Metta Bhavana: The Practice of Loving-Kindness
9. Replace critic monologue with compassionate self-talk
   Speak to yourself the way you would speak to a close friend in the same situation.
   Working With Your Inner Critic
10. The relationship as a shadow mirror
    Use your closest relationships as a diagnostic — what you project onto those closest to you is often what you least see in yourself.
    Shadow Work

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