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"No putdowns, please!"Most of us feel inferior and inadequate and we try to cover it up by managing our images, our talk, and our behavior so they appear more positive on the surface than we feel on the inside. Sometimes we put ourselves down with criticisms. The criticisms can run the course, such as "I'm not interesting," "I'm not attractive", "I'm a failure", and the list goes on and on. We find a lot of reasons for not liking ourselves and the putdowns are a result and also a cause. There is another way we use putdowns. Feeling little ourselves, we try to inflate our egos by putting other people down. When we clearly see the damage to ourselves and others that the putdown game creates, we can put a stop to it. Using the practice "No putdowns, please!" can be a big help, because it's a decision that changes our thinking and behavior. By just stating these words, we move out of automatic and into the realm of freer choice. Making a conscious choice, we can stop the putdown game. If we do, we will begin to nourish ourselves and others in new ways.
