Is it possible to hate yourself?

Answer 1

Not sure it is as much hate yourself as much as it is extreme diappointment in the actions that caused these feelings of worthlessness.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, it is only too possible. The mental hospitals are full of such people. I have had problems with it myself in my time, and must still fight at times to remember the good things about me as well as the loathsome things.

If you grow up with one or more parents who tell you that you are worthless or bad or even evil, you tend to believe it long before you know any other perspective.

And it tends to be self-fulfilling, at least at the cosmetic level. People who do not like themselves do not stay clean, partly because showers and baths involve getting naked and that's humiliating if you hate your body. Once you believe no one is ever going to love you, why should you bother to resist those chocolates, or to work out in gym class? So what if the other kids laugh at your poor sports performance? You're a loser anyway, this is just confirmation.

Believe me, it is quite possible to hate yourself very severely.

Answer 3

Of course. Sometimes it's obvious. Some people walk around saying they hate themselves. They talk negatively about themselves. They're miserable. In the most extreme cases, they commit suicide.

Others aren't as obvious. They may not even admit or realize their self-hatred, but they do things to hurt themselves and sabotage themselves all the time: eating disorders, drug & alcohol addictions, promiscuity & other unhealthy addictions & behaviours. They do not value their lives & destroy themselves slowly. They may even think they love themselves. They may have a lot of money & surround themselves with expensive things but deep down aren't happy & nothing is ever enough & they don't know why.

So yes unfortunately it is very possible to hate yourself. The important thing is to realize it & then decide to change. You can learn to love yourself & be good to yourself & be happy.

Answer 4

sometimes you can hate yourself and others and feel that you can not admit that,

sometimes you can also love yourself and others,

these things change, life changes,

some of the things that bother us the most are not what our parents have taught us, but what the outside world has taught us,

take for example a person that can't help how they smell once they sweat others might not understand that and might make fun of them for it so how do you think that makes them feel they might take two baths a day and still be like that at times it could be a part of their physiology, but if they get made fun of or told by others why don't you take a bath then how do you think that makes them feel?

as for this fat or skinny thing, we have ideas and these ideas are not always the way that it is, but others can put into our heads that if we are too fat or too skinny then it may not be good to others, just as being too tall or too short, another is how smart or how dumb someone is

so I think that the world has to stop with the preconcieved ideas and try to accept people for who they are? I might be wrong? we are all different if the world likes that or not

I just don't always think it is the parents fault and as much as a person wants to love themself the world around them can make them feel awfully bad about themselves if anyone wants to admit that or not and they usually don't they usually use it against the person that is being hurt with it to show how inferior that person is themselves and after a while that can be hard to overcome. Hope that makes sense

it's much easier to not understand something until we have been affected by it in some way and then we know, but those that have lived sheltered lives don't often know until it is really unexpected and it just comes on them at once and it blows them away because they don't have any prior smaller knowledge of how to deal with or overcome any adversity they just take it for granted that everything is always suppose to be good and everyone loves them,

that is not the way life is all the time, not at all the surprises come in life unfortunately, like the most gorgeous and popular homecoming queen and king that has that terribly deformed child and doesn't understand why, not to say that child is bad it isn't, but they have to live with it

Answer 5

Some people say it isn't. I know it is possible to hate things about myself. But I'm not sure I agree with the people who say you can't hate yourself. I think those who have been sinned against greatly or have sinned greatly often do hate themselves. They'd just like to disappear altogether and not be. I would say those people hate themselves, having identified themselves so completely with their own experiences that they cannot separate themselves from the bad.

Maggie

Answer 6

People claim to but for me no. I am my favorite person. I met someone just like me and we hang out all the time. So I don't think it is possible to hate yourself.

Answer 7

yes, it is, but the most important question is: why would you want to hate yourself if you are your own best friend?
meaning-do not look for love outside of yourself before learning to love yourself first-it is not possible to truly love others without loving yourself honestly first

Answer 8

Hates an immensely strong and powerful word!

If somebody HATED themselves, how would they survive?

To survive you cannot rely on others to take care of your every need. You need to be able to look after yourself and keep yourself out of harms way!

Would you be able to take care of, feed, clothe or wash somebody you hated? Exactly!

Thank You! :-)

Answer 9

Yes I have hated myself numerous times in my life for my mistakes but I have come to terms with them and thank God have grown and learned why I hated myself in those time periods what prompted the feelings a person, a situation, etc.........The more you get in touch with your inner soul and stand for what you believe in and acknowledge & understand all you have been through in life with forgiveness and acceptance the easier it is to Love yourself for the better.............we all go through it some serverely then others and I pray for you all its not a great place to be great darkness..........sometimes others will help you and that is where true and loving friends come in they have helped me many a bad period in my life :)))))

Answer 10

Yes. Believe me. It's possible. You know how it says in the Bible "love your neighbor as yourself" ? I always struggled with that verse. It's easier to love out then in I think.