Suicide Awareness Series: Mistakes, Failures, & Self Worth
Summary
Rose Skeeters explores a listener's question about why their mistakes feel bigger than everyone else's, linking this perception to cognitive biases like the spotlight effect, hyperbolic temperament, shame, and catastrophizing. She emphasizes the difficulty of learning to be coachable and how social comparison and negativity bias amplify feelings of failure. The episode concludes with a powerful message about the universality of mistakes, the importance of self-compassion, and resources for those struggling with suicidal thoughts during Suicide Awareness Month.Episode description
Today I will answer a listener's question about mistakes to wrap up our suicide awareness series. Listen in to find out why your mistakes, no matter how small, feel like big failures.
September is suicide awareness month. Please stay <3
Here are some resources:
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- Call or Text or Chat the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline988. Hours are available 24/7 and the cost is free.
- OR Text HOME to 741741 to reach a trained Crisis Counselor through Crisis Text Line, a global not-for-profit organization. Free, 24/7, confidential
Listen in to this reflective episode about identity. Is it disturbed or is it buried under the lies told to your youngest self?
The truth matters so much and it is much warmer of a blanket than the shame.
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**This episode is colloquial not clinical, using personal anecdotes to support conveying information in an informal, relatable way**