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7 Side Effects of Loving Yourself (UPDATED)

When we think about low self-esteem a certain image comes to mind. You might picture a person with certain characteristics, often in the background, socially awkward, or not being able to take a compliment. This could be someone you know, and even more up close and personal this person could be you. Before I lose you because the topic of self-esteem is uncomfortable for some people, this post is about learning to love yourself and the benefits that happen when you start to truly love yourself.

Enhanced self-acceptance

When you truly love and accept yourself your sense of security improves. The opinions others have about you do not hold the same weight. You may not be on the top of everyone’s favorite person list and it doesn’t even matter because you love and accept yourself. People who don’t love themselves, tend to miss that important part of self-acceptance. Caring about what other people think takes up way too much room. This makes the opinions of others matter more than they should. It prevents the person from making progress. Not having this self-acceptance may also stop the person from having self-compassion.

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Increased mental clarity

You improve mentally. When you love yourself your mind becomes clearer. You can make decisions with confidence. Your self-doubt and negative thinking decrease. As you began to process the obstacles of life with confidence and a clear mind your self-esteem grows. This confidence helps you to do the things that benefit you. This positive change enhances everything around you. When you don’t have a clear mental state you will find yourself being confused and indecisive.

Healthy environments

As you learn, change, and grow in the area of loving yourself you begin to take time to make sure the environments you are in are safe and supportive. This awareness improves the quality of your life. Make sure the environment is safe for you to be yourself. Secondly, it is helpful for the environment to be safe to try new things and do things that are helpful to you. When an environment is not safe you will not feel free to be yourself. If you don’t feel safe you are less likely to explore options or make changes. Sometimes when we don’t feel safe we get stuck in an unhealthy place or situation.

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If you have had contact with a narcissist it is very easy to lose your confidence. Many survivors feel like they do not know who they are anymore. Healing from narcissistic abuse is complicated but not impossible.

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Emotionally stability

Loving yourself means that you are more emotionally stable. Yes, you can still experience a wide range of emotions but there doesn’t have to be this chaotic state of emotional instability. When you do not love yourself you may be emotionally distraught. Some emotions you may experience are anxiety, depression, anger, and resentment towards others. Loving yourself means you are aware of the emotions you are experiencing. You are also able to look for options to positively address the emotions healthily. When you love yourself you recognize the importance of changing what you can and removing things (people, jobs, negative thoughts, and more) that are not supportive. Removing the unhealthy elements from your life not only shows that you love yourself it helps you to stay grounded. This positive change will help you to flourish.

Relationships improve

You can have and maintain supportive relationships. The relationship between family members, work, romantic, and many more types of relationships improve. No matter how much society tries to tell us it is about how many friends, likes, and followers we have it’s all about the quality of the friendships and relationships that truly matter. If you are struggling in the area of not loving yourself the relationships you have may be unhealthy, and this leads you to be increasingly emotionally, mentally and physically draining. People who struggle with this area may become people pleasers or seek the approval of others causing them to stay in unhealthy relationships or friendships.

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Openness to freedom

You get to be free! You can harness the ability to be you and all that it means, for all of your strengths and shortcomings. This does not mean that every day you wake up you are going to kick the sheets back and feel like you can take on the world. It does mean that you have learned and continue to learn more about yourself. You have moved more towards being a person that accepts yourself.

Some tips to start loving yourself:

  • Start to recognize the strengths that have helped you to get this far in life.
  • Make a list of accomplishments from as early back as you can remember.
  • Hang that list up and remind yourself of what you have been able to accomplish this far.
  • Think about what small changes you can make in your life now that will improve your self-love.
  • Practice being more compassionate to yourself.
  • Start NOW do not wait another day to start making the positive change of loving yourself more.

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