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Loving Yourself

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What do you guys think-can you love others without loving yourself?
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I don't think so.
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A priest friend told me no before I got married. Apparently there is something to that, at least in close quarters with someone else.
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You must have love in order to give love. How can you give something you do not possess.
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Well I know people who hate themselves but clearly love others, so I can't agree with that. You can have love for others but not yourself. I think when you are around someone intimately though, the self-hatred becomes difficult to conceal and not act out on.
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huh uh,... no you can't...
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LOL. OK, have it YOUR way!
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I think that you can have love in your heart, just none for yourself. So yes, I think I can love someone without loving myself.
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def, yes...I love everyone (almost) but not myself.
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What is love. ?
If you can define love then in some way that implies you can connect still.Even though you feel isolated or like some black hole.
There's still a glint.

WANTING Love is something else.
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YES I am very much in love but dont like me much.
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I love my husband
i love my children but i don't love myself..

There are things I do well like cook or make stained glass and I know when I give away something I made cooked or created either way I feel godd when I do that. But generally i hate who I am.

i hate this disease I am over weight and like the Dr said you obviously don't love yourself otherwise you would do more to look better!!

I am lucky if I wash every couple days, I mean Most times I am too depressed for sex and if I am in that mood I get washed but otherwise its just jammies all day every day!!!
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Love means something different to everyone.
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To me it means 'Touching Yourself'
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I knew the touching yourself reply would be in here somewhere...

I don't love myself... I don't like myself much now at all... but I LOVE my son, he is what gets me out of bed each day... and keeps me going. I love him dearly. But I don't love anyone else, I found it impossible to love my husband... or even my family, that used to mean so much to me.

I dunno. For me, I can love, but just not a lot. ??
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hahahaha
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