Good waiting room reading material

Why Self Compassion Works Better Than Self Esteem

And if pain or long waiting times or not enough anesthestic is involved...

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"Women tend to be less self-compassionate than men."

Uh oh.

"Now, we're doing research looking at gender role orientation, and androgynous women—women who draw equally on their masculine and feminine sides— have exactly the same level of self-compassion [as men]. It seems to be the feminine women ... when you think about it, when you really identify with norms of self-sacrifice, 'I should always be meeting the needs of others,' a lot of those problems that come from identifying with the traditional female stereotype. They're the ones who seem to suffer more. This is kind of new data, I haven't even published this data yet, it's kind of interesting but it makes sense to me. Women are told they should not take care of themselves; that they should always be outwardly focused."

~ http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/05/why-self-compassion-works-better-than-self-esteem/481473/

Hmmm.