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You have probably asked a friend to delete a photograph because you hated the way you looked. You have probably caught your reflection in your laptop screen and glanced away in disgust. You have probably placed a snapchat filter over your face because you believed your real face was too flawed to post. 

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I have been trying to lose weight but it isn’t working. I have been trying to raise my confidence and think positive and love myself but none of that is working either. 

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You are more comfortable complaining about yourself than complimenting yourself.  

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You aren’t supposed to apologize twenty times per day because you feel like you are being a bother just by existing. 

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Try facing your inner critic with an open heart, a calm spirit, and an invitation to share what’s bothering her.

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You’re actually trying to escape from yourself, not the place where you live.

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Absolutely, positively, never.

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Understand that, no matter how well you treat her, she’s always going to have doubts. They’re never going to go away, because she’s been abandoned so many times. She’s gotten used to not being enough.

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You are bigger than every fear and stronger than any doubt.

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Self-hatred is like chemotherapy. It always feels terrible, and in the wrong dose, it can destroy you from the inside, cause you too much pain to move, and can even kill you.

But the right dosage of it can absolutely save your life.