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Feeling Sorrow vs. Feeling Sorry for Yourself: Freedom from Victimhood
There are times when feeling sorrow for yourself is necessary to heal your archetypal wounds, but never feel sorry for yourself.
Biocognitive Glossary
Archetypal Wounds — Abandonment, Shame and Betrayal: Tribal punishments for stepping beyond the pale.
Righteous Anger — One of the causes of health: Anger toward those who violate your innocence and goodwill or of those you love.
Sorrow for Self — Mindbody recognition of desolation, isolation, gloominess, broken-heartedness or any other melancholic emotions, without abandoning the courageous within you. Feeling sorrow for self in a terrain of embraced worthiness. You embody the wounded hero archetype with resilience to heal and thrive.
Sorry for Yourself — Allowing lamenting conditions to rob your worthiness. “Poor me,” is the essence of feeling sorry for yourself. You embody the victimhood archetype without hope for recovery.
Victimhood — Using your vicissitudes as a badge to control others. To be victimized is an act of aggression toward you that requires healing. If you use your pain to manipulate others, you enter victimhood.
