r/AskReddit • u/anonfatgirlx • 5h ago

What made you start to love yourself?

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u/XXXMissJXXX 5h ago

Honestly, it wasn’t one big moment. It was more like slowly realizing that I kept waiting for other people to validate me, while I was constantly putting myself down for not being “enough.” What helped was doing things for myself. 

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u/9d47cf1f 4h ago

This. Loving yourself is an action. The feeling will come in time.

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u/Dingditcher 4h ago

Couldn’t agree more. Not that I don’t give a shit what people think, but I don’t give a complete shit. Also, just being kind and always giving respect to new people right away until they show otherwise.

It’s crazy how when you are just never a douche to someone, they typically return the sentiment.

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u/StationOk3000 5h ago

That is a bold assumption

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u/noideareally1 5h ago

Blue balls.

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u/Fresh-Chocolate2170 4h ago

Ha beat me to it

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u/noideareally1 4h ago

It's not about who comes first 😂

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u/This-Requirement6918 4h ago

Knowing there's no art out there like mine.

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u/PetersTingle16 4h ago

I’m not there yet man…

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u/anonfatgirlx 3h ago

Neither. Like I keep thinking if I just lost some weight I'd start. The stupidest thing I have a beautiful husband and kids who love me and don't give a shit what I look like lol

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u/yoda-7777 5h ago

Learning that if I don't love myself first no one else would

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u/Ok_Ranger_495 5h ago

Accepting my flaws and understanding it is okay not to be perfect

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u/ComprehensiveEast376 5h ago

I never didn’t haha. Sometimes it is less than others I guess, like everyone else

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u/CautiousGift3765 5h ago

connecting with the universal mind

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u/shellymaeshaw 5h ago

After realizing I didnot need everyone to love me the same way I loved them

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u/RinoTheBouncer 4h ago

Realizing that most people and whatever they think, say and feel about me literally does not matter nor change anything negatively or positively about my life.

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u/aurrea 4h ago

I wish I did. I have so much material BS and embarrassed and not proud of any of it.

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u/tarsiertoes 4h ago

I don’t

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u/Coobeanzz 4h ago

Escitalopram

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u/Mbluish 4h ago

Menopause. I stopped giving a shit about everything else that was sucking up my energy.

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u/hdk2000 4h ago

A loving friend.

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u/GamemakerK33 5h ago

Yeah I just have different times where I hate or love myself but I started loving myself because I had a way better self-care and body than I think myself to be.