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The hard truth

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By Walter D.WitherspoonPublished 6 months ago 1 min read
The hard truth
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The man I am today was once the kid I hated to be. Growing up without any influence to be a better person is hard mentally to grow confidence. I had to learn to love myself first and appreciate me and love what I do for myself and others. Some people have never knew the work I had to put on myself to be the person I am. I am finally the person I want to be for myself and the loved ones around me. It has been easy to speak negative over my life because of how I was raised. I love myself now but know noon understand the hard battle of learning not to hate myself

Mental Health

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  • Chantal Christie Weiss5 months ago

    I'm finding that on the days I feel like I hate myself, I realise it's the deep-down hurt that I carry from childhood, that I project onto myself. It takes effort to learn to befriend ourselves, and I am happy you are empowering yourself too, and a light to others.

  • I'm so happy that you love yourself now. Sending you lots of love and hugs ❤️

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