SELF- LOVE
Self-love is defined as "loving yourself" or "regard for one's own happiness or advantage". It is considered as a moral flaw, a kin to vanity and selfishness, egotism, etc. However, throughout the centuries self-love has adopted a more positive connotation through pride pararades, Self Respect Movement, self-love protests, the hippie era, the New Age feminist movement as well as the increase in mental health awareness that promotes self-love as intrinsic to self-help and support groups working to prevent depression and suicide. The role of self-love on mental health was first described by William Sweetstar(1797- 1875) as the maintenance of mental hygiene created a positive impact on the well-being of individuals and the community as well. Lack of self-love increases risk of suicide according to the American Association of Suicidology. The association conducted a study in 2008 which researched the impact of low self-esteem and lack of self-love and it's relation to suicidal tendencies and attempts. They defined self-love as being" beliefs about ourselves and beliefs about how other people regard oneself". It concluded that depression, hopelessness and low self-esteem are implications of vulnerability factors for suicide ideation, and that 'these findings suggest that even in the context of depression and hopelessness, low self-esteem may add to the risk for suicide ideation ". Have a look at the 121 self-love affirmations to modify your life. Spend some quality time with yourself and get to learn more about yourself. Treat yourself with good and yummy food, pamper yourself to an extent, watch your favourite shows, doll yourself up, come up with a skincare routine for yourself, watch your favourite show, tour to your favourite places and alot more. Just know that others opinion on you doesn't define you, what defines you is how you treat yourself and your opinion on yourself. So stop looking yourself and through others point of view and start looking at yourself with your point of view, because that's what matters the most to love thyself.
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Hope this turns out to be helpful to all of the readers and anyone going through lack of self-love.