The Hardest Thing
I think one of the hardest things to talk about is how we personally think about ourselves. It usually comes easy to talk about how we interpret other people's feelings towards us. But even if these people do indeed hate us, and mistreat us, are they the real culprits for the self-hatred that comes with most mental disorders? Or is it that we, as flawed humans, always find it easier to place the blame on others before we place blame on ourselves? Could it even be the exact opposite: that we are so quick to place the blame on ourselves, that we completely neglect outside variables? Personally, I think it's a little bit of both. From my experience, we place the blame on the thing that is the exact opposite of who is actually at fault... You following? Even worse, when we swing back and forth between who we blame for our negative mental state also shoves us to and fro between extreme self-love, or extreme self-hate.
