I wanted to ask for some advice. I had a very abusive childhood which then led to me make a lot of choices in my adult life that weren't good for me. I've been working on myself for a long time now and I've worked through a lot over the years. I find I am still struggling with things like repetitive, negative thoughts, holding on to a lot of anger about the things other people have done to me over time (sometimes many years ago) and assuming the worst in situations. Even something simple, such as asking for a refund if I buy something that doesn't work, makes me feel very anxious as I imagine the assistant will say no and see either a confrontation happening or me having to take the broken product home again (which has never happened; shop staff are always very helpful but it's just an example of the kind of thing I imagine disaster scenarios about, almost without realising I'm doing it sometimes).
What I wanted to ask is, when you are working on those sort of aspects of yourself, is that what you would consider shadow work? I saw a good thread about it with some suggestions to try but I wanted to check that I'm on the right path with it and not misunderstanding what different things mean.
Thanks for any replies
