It’s not wrong to acknowledge that there are things you don’t love about yourself.
But when you consistently focus only on those things and act as though they outweigh anything lovable in you, you may have a self-loathing personality.
Unlike those who can weigh the good against the bad in themselves in a healthy way, people withself-loathing personalitieshave deeply-rooted feelings of inadequacy.
No matter how much loved ones praise you and admire you, and no matter how successful you may be, you feel worthless and filled with self-disgust.
But those who have this extreme self-hatred must accept that they don’t know themselves as well as they might think. When yourself-perception is skewed,you only see a part of yourself — the part you dislike so much.
But that’s not a true reflection of reality. Once you can acknowledge that you aren’t the best arbiter of your worthiness, you can begin to heal and change your self-loathing personality into a self-loving personality.
It’s time you took a hard look at your thoughts and the resulting behaviors so you can begin to make improvements.
Let’s start with aclear definition of self-loathing.
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