ever since i joined art club, my drawings and artistic ability have improved and it helps me a lot when i have to draw cells for ap biology. also i like your idea of creating a book of images, i might create a children’s book about the inner bully and have pictures of it and an angel swooping in to destroy the inner bully. this is why i don’t get along with my parents:
they try to trigger my inner bully by criticizing me for being weak, not smart enough, having my head in the clouds (but i am dedicating a week without the inner bully, i will not let the inner bully run my life this week, no matter what happens. i vow that this week will be a bully-free week and i will find authentic power)
they never comfort me when i’m down and it’s hard to talk to them about my feelings b/c they will talk back and tell me “to deal with it.” or if the issue has something to do with someone else and i’m need help “they say fix yourself, don’t mind them. or mind your own business with them” (which is not possible b/c that person is usually involved with me somehow)
they are very patriarchal and no matter how much i work out, do well in school, they focus more on my brother and praise him more
every time i try to be optimistic or positive and assert my self-esteem, they say “you are being to prideful.”
if i try to talk to them to seek advice for a friend who is LGBT or depressed, they say “she/he is crazy. you shouldn’t associate with them.”
they bug me all the time to be perfect in school and sometimes when i take a break, they say “shouldn’t you be studying?”
i am working on building my self-esteem up and not caring what they say b/c i am going to work on a no inner bully week.