Why do I hate myself so much?
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Moderated by Danielle Johnson, MSED, Community mental Health Counseling, LMHC
Updated: Jun 15, 2022
PrincesSugarPlum
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Dec 9, 2017
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I've hated myself for years and I really don't know how to make things better when life hasn't gotten any better. I have friends that only talk to me at school they don't even acknowledge to ask me to hangout on the weekends so I'm always home. Depressed. I stay in bed all day playing on my phone trying to distract myself from negative thoughts. I never really thought to tell anyone how I really feel because if I do then it'll only worry them. My mom has depression and is sad a lot. My family is broken and we're all just a big ball of sadness. I haven't been happy since this world has made me feel insecure. I feel like a lot of bad stuff happens to me and I really don't know how to make myself happy anymore. I give up
Healer22
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May 9, 2018
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Bcuz you only see your bad qualities and don't look at your good qualities and no one is completely u just look from one angle
sunnyParadise92
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May 31, 2018
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I hate myself a lot less than I used to. I hate myself because I’m not better. I could do so much and yet my fear, past regrets, and overall outlook on life keep me from doing what I’m able. I hate myself because I don’t feel strong enough to handle life’s punches and that even thinking about tomorrow brings me nothing but an emptiness I haven’t found the bottom to.
Anonymous
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Apr 21, 2016
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People feel like they hate themselves due to various reasons and that reason is different from person to person. Example, I might hate myself for incompetency when I am not passing an exam. I might hate myself when others way I am not helpful. But in reality nobody hates anybody. It is just a state of mind due to anxiety or depression reasons. It is easy to get over that feeling by thinking why it happened, how to solve that problem, or if the problem cannot be solved then how you can compensate it, and finally how to make sure this will not happen again. Every person’s first love is him or herself. It is just the passiveness which leads to the thinking “I hate myselfâ€.
Anonymous
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Apr 21, 2016
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i judge myself and i don't forgive myself sometimes, so i should be more understanding that people make mistakes...
Anonymous
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Apr 29, 2016
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low self esteem often comes with depression and i know that it is har to deal with from personal experience
TheFallenOne14s
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May 1, 2016
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i learned to accept myself and embrace my flaws & try my best to improve my knowledge so i become a better person therefore i stopped hating myself regardless of the weak times that everyone go though
Anonymous
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May 7, 2016
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I hate myself because i allow my fears to conquer me when i know life could be so much better if i would just take a chance and get out there.
Anonymous
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May 20, 2016
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People tell you all these bad things about you, that you start to believe them. You have no self respect. No self-confidence. Or anything in that line. You are the only one who can change you, so change what you hate about yourself, if you can't accept it, don't try to change what already is.
Anonymous
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Oct 12, 2016
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Because you just see the bad things in you. Try to see the good things and keep smiling once a day!
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