Do you like yourself?

I'd have to say I just breathe at the moment. I suppose I like myself. I suffer from much the same problems you do Oddbeani, have been for most of my life, only just recently been put on meds to fix this screwy head of mine. Most days are ok now, but I get the odd off day where everything seems too hard to cope with, those days are better spent in bed. Simple things become a chore, things that you could cope with on a decent day are too hard on a bad day and my thoughts spiral into "if I was dead, it'd be easier".

After reading only some of Brennan Manning's "Abba's Child" I have realized that I am the beloved...that's who I am...and I'm loving God first and that is making me love myself...but I'm still working on loving myself.

Actually no. I don't even know who I am. I'm a freak. You'd think I'd be used to it by now.
I voted "I just breathe."

"No".

*shrugs* I just breathe.

Hey, I understand that God loves me and thinks I'm pretty peachy. Still, I don't get it. He must be seeing something that I don't, 'cause I don't see too much of anything to get worked up over. Do I hate myself? Naw. I'd have to be kind of important enough to hate. I'm just not sure exactly how much I exist. Yes folks, step right up! Come see the amazing invisible girl! For just a quarter you can gaze into a space that is amazingly occupied, yet you can see right to the other side! Yes, it is a wonder of time and space, how a person can be an interesting shade of grey, not really registering on the scale of life when it comes to other mere mortals. *laughs darkly*

I have a hard time accepting myself as a person, and I have an even harder time liking myself since I have been on disability for the last 18 months. I have had 3 major back surgeries in the last year and was fired from my job in march of last year. I have lost alot of self confidence and self worth because of this. I know the pain and hurt you are feeling right now. If you wanna talk, just pm me or post in here that you feel like talking.

No

I put that I just breathe. I don't hate myself but I don't completely like myself either as there's things I want to change about myself.

wow..this thread attracted me to it..because I myself struggle with loving yourself..i mean..i have been wounded alot..gone thru some things...always envied and coveted what i didnt have..always felt behind..left out...and now I am disabled..my neck doesnt move.and I am 21!.but there is always someone..who has it worse!*(this is something to remember ).well I know thru my neck condition..i meet God...since then..i have continuely fought against Him..lol..thank God for his Patience and love..but i am learning to be proud of who you are in Christ...we should love ourselves..because we are made in God's image..you are in the image of God....you are warriors..lovers..adventurers...explorers..like God..you carry God's image..we should love ourselves..because we are truly a great creation..i know self-hatred like the back of my hand..hated myself because i didnt have what i really wanted..or thought i needed..i based my life on possesion..and i still do!..if we want to love ourselves..we have to stop..we arent what we possess..i am not ONLY talking about materilism....if you can love yourself right now..for what you dont have or think you need to love youself..you will learn much..you will learn to love you..for you..even if you dont have a healthy body.nor dreams come true!..even if you arent all you hoped to be..we have to learn..that we are not..our situations..our not our problems and circumstances..we still are the same us.Child of the Living God..even in depression and sickness...even King David the mighy warrior of God..He want throught amazing trials..and dont forget Job..how He lost everything He had..but God....tells us to love us..for us..for who He made us to be..a being in God's image..that is why self-hatred must stop..you are telliing God..i dont like your image..this must hurt Him..and I know God understand's His children's pain..and suffering..but God also suffers..daily..for our sins...i say this..because self-hatred..robs you or loving others..if you cant love yourself..like the command Jesus said" love your neighbor as thyself".. how can you truely whole-heartedly love others? i say this to hope to change you..i ant perfect myself..and I myself MUST change..but if you would see..that your self-hatred will not help you..that it IS robbing you of God's blessings..you would see yourself different and change..we all have a great future in Eternity...not only here on Earth..that you have a new body in Heaven..awaiting you..full of glory and power..So I say..love thyself..look at what is GOOD in you!..For what God created you to be!..are you a warrior?..a lover..compassionate?...a fighter?..well those are good things..remember those who endure under trial..will recieve the crown of life! have you not forgotten that those who love God..will inherit eternal life..that those who are matyred and beaten will recieve many times the reward for their suffering in this life and the next? those who suffer much..will be rewarded much..like Jesus Himself..He took the guilt of us all..but His joy and reward was great..He got us..and the glory He now stands in.and will be received when He returns...so God bless..and I hope this will get you thinking

God loves you all..I hope to change you from this...look for God's acceptance..not man's..mans's acceptance..will never satsify you..only God can..your needs..God supplies..your dreams and hopes..and purpose..God supplies..You are not your own..God bought you at a high price..so you must honor Him...There comes a time..when we stop looking to fulfill US..when we reallize..it is not about me..I myself havent gotten there..but I will..it is about God...we were made for God..our bodies and all..everything belongs to him..EVERYTHING you NEED..is in CHRIST..if you can believe this truth..you will do well and learn much..if you dont..you rob yourself of God's blessings..He wants to pour out on you..love yourself..

I put I just breath b/c I don't hate myself but I don't like/love myself either. I feel that I'm just going through the motions of life right now. I know alot of it has to do with depression over the loss of my mom and feeling utterly alone all the time. It seems as though no one understands and there's no one to talk to... like I'm invisible and the only person on this earth that cared is gone. Everyone and everything else seems bent on showing be how pathetic I am. The love of God is all that keeps me going some days; I don't get it but I'm glad it's there.