in my dbt skills group, we did a mindfulness activity where we mentally extended connection and compassion to different people. one of the people we did the activity for was for ourselves and i had some issues with that part. i'm working on being more compassionate with myself and not constantly beating myself up over everything, and i really struggled with that part of the activity. my therapist said that if extending compassion to your current self is difficult, then try to extend it to a younger version of yourself. i tried that, but i found it a lot more triggering and difficult because of the trauma and abuse around when i was younger. has anyone else done this activity or have any tips for either a way to extend myself compassion or to get more comfortable with the concept?