Taking own advice!
 

I really wasn't sure where to put this, I don't forsee triggering content and its not for support so think it fits here.

I was thinking, so many people here give such good advice, but don't/can't apply it to themselves!

I'm really guilty of this, I was once talking to another patient about how the good bits in life are worth going through the bad bits for etc, the nurse on my 1:1 turned and said "do you ever listen to your own advice?!"
To which I replied, "no, I do not!"

But why?!

I guess its one of those things where its easy to tell others what to do but its extremely hard to make yourself do it. Sometimes you may say things to make other people feel better and to help them and maybe in a way you dont think you deserve to follow your advise.

Its complicated i guess.

Y'know, i've often thought this about myself.

Sometimes I give advice and then later think 'why don't I do what I just told so and so to do'

It's one of them odd things.

It's one of those things. Just like it's harder to do something that makes you happy than something that makes another person happy.
It's also harder to think about yourself than someone else.

Weird things...

Humans are ****ed up man....

I think sometimes it's easy to see *what* to do but much harder to actually do it. I know what I should be doing to help myself but actually making myself do it is another story!

And yet I still get frustrated with other people for not doing the 'obvious' things. I am clearly a lovely person.. :P

i get frustrated too!

I think this about myself all the time. My theory is that I try to give advice based on what I feel might make the person's life better/what they deserve/what will make them feel better etc.

I feel like part of the reason I struggle to take my own advice is because I dont feel I am worthy of the above things... So I cant bring myself to take my own advice.

I'm definitely guilty of this. Woe.