[ID: A photo of a small, pale snail on top of a twig with acorns. The snail is reaching up to a bent over purple flower. There is white text above, to the left of, and below the snail and flower that reads “Eating is a basic necessity” “Every human deserves to eat” “You are human” “You deserve to eat”. End ID]

There is not a thing on the planet that will ever influence how much you deserve to eat; you inherently deserve to eat simply because you are a human being who exists and food is a basic human necessity. saying you don’t deserve to eat is like saying you don’t deserve to go to the bathroom

you deserve food, water, shelter, and love because they are basic human necessities and every human inherently deserves them

Hi anon,

It is definitely possible, but in a lot of cases, not easy. If you can't see the good in yourself, self love can be really hard.

For me, what really helped is the concept of being neutral about myself as a stepping stone.

Here is an article about it.

Basically, jumping to self-love is too difficult for a lot of people and it leads to them being discouraged and giving up. Neutrality is sometimes a more feasible step for people. It isn't positive nor negative but usually objective and sticks to facts.

An example may be:

"Sometimes I fail, and sometimes I succeed." This could be an affirmation if your thought process is normally "I fail at everything I do" or "I'm a failure."

You don't have to immediately accept yourself, but you can tell yourself you are working on accepting yourself.

This doesn't work for everyone, but just some thoughts I wanted to share if self-love feels impossible right now. That's really valid, and you aren't alone in that.

It is possible to get there, and you deserve to get there.