i’ve been more aware lately of the amount of self hatred i have and it’s kinda shocking to me. i didn’t even realize it was self hatred. when i think about myself, i feel like i really do like myself. i have lots of ideas and interests that i think are so cool and i like my creativity and ability to put things into words and connect ideas and i think i have an interesting perspective on life and i like my curiosity and how it drives me to learn new things. so i feel like i have a very positive self image.
but i do hate the things i struggle with. i hate that it’s hard for me to manage what should be basic adult tasks and i hate that i struggle with connection and maintaining relationships and i hate that i overthink to the point of ruining things and i hate that i have very intense hard to control emotions.
i thought it was fine to hate those things, cuz they’re negatively impacting me (who i don’t hate) so of course it’s natural to hate them. but i’m finding out that hating the way i do things (or the way i don’t do things more accurately) is actually a form of self hatred.
that’s fucked up. i’ve been working so long on getting to a point where i wasn’t hating myself, and you’re telling me i’ve been secretly hating myself this whole fucking time???? and now i gotta unlearn all that shit too???????
and what sucks too is some of it i genuinely considered as a form of self preservation. like. i personally don’t consider myself annoying, i think i’m interesting and enjoyable to be around. but i do realize that people tend to find me annoying. so i’m always apologizing in advance, bracing for the inevitable fact that someone is going to think i’m too much, and instead of being preservation, it becomes self deprecation.
“it’s not that i hate myself, i’m just hyper aware of the fact that everyone will probably hate me and doing my best to change my natural behavior so that doesn’t happen” <- person who doesn’t realize hating the way you interact with and are perceived by others is a form of self hatred
sigh,,, the journey to self love and acceptance continues i guess













