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Can someone love you if you don't love yourself?

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Question - (7 January 2012) 4 Answers - (Newest, 8 January 2012)
A female Australia age 26-29, anonymous writes:

hey i was wonderweing,

can someone love you if you dont love yourself? or how can you love yourself?

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A female reader, Candid Cally United States +, writes (8 January 2012):

I used to have low self esteem, an eating disorder, and would self-harm...all of this and my hate toward myself has completely faded in the almost eight years I have been with my fiance.

He loved the good aspects of my personality, and I loved him so much that I worked diligently to change my negative behaviors towards myself because I saw how much hurting myself caused him pain and emotional turmoil. As the cycles of negativity toward myself ended, our relationship became even stronger.

I feel very strongly that my fiance's love for me in turn taught me to love myself and we are a stronger couple because of this. :-)

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A female reader, aliyahnangelo United States +, writes (7 January 2012):

aliyahnangelo agony auntIt is definitely possible for someone to love you even if you don't love yourself! Maybe this someone sees many admirable qualities in you that you are failing to see in yourself. If you think about it, I'm sure you can find at least one thing that you like about yourself, then try to build from that. The real question is can you truly love someone if you can't love yourself first? Try to work on your self image. Remember that everyone has a purpose, maybe your confused as to what yours is at this point, but you will find it if you try :) Good Luck!

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A female reader, aunt honesty Ireland +, writes (7 January 2012):

aunt honesty agony auntYes someone can love you for just being you, sometimes people cant help who they fall in love with, however it is always good to love yourself because others find this attractive and it attracts more attention from potential partners. Whatever it is that is getting you down about yourself look at ways you can fix this so you have more confidence in yourself. Where there is a will there is a way. It is a new year so have a new start and begin living your life and loving yourself.

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A female reader, Usagi Greece +, writes (7 January 2012):

Usagi agony auntbelieve it or not, people can still love you if you don't love yourself. but you can lose them if don't learn to love yourself because you will project your insecurities on them.

every person in this world is made to be loved. but the most importan person that should love you, is you!

loving yourself is sometimes complicated but it's worth it. if you wanna love yourself just think about the things that make you unique, your good personality treat, look at the mirror and list at least five things that you like on you...

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