It's strange how much humility it takes to stop hating yourself. 'I am the cause of every problem in my life' is a grandiose belief just like any other. The fall from (dis)grace hits every bit as hard.
It's strange how much humility it takes to stop hating yourself. 'I am the cause of every problem in my life' is a grandiose belief just like any other. The fall from (dis)grace hits every bit as hard.
It’s hard for us to believe we deserve happiness, and so we continually go out of our way to attract and inflict pain.
Brianna Wiest • 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
Adopting the belief that you must be perfect is the perfect set up for self-hate. You believe that your choices are to be perfect or to be a failure. BUT SELF-HATE SETS THE STANDARD OF PERFECTION and you can bet you are never going to meet that standard. If you did, if you met that standard, what would self-hate beat you with? What would it frighte
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