Self love vs self pity
Self love vs self pity Sometimes feeling sorry for ourselves can be quite therapeutic, but it can be a fine line between that and a downward spiral of self pity. The problem with self pity is that we stop looking for solutions, and even worse, we expect others to pick up the slack or give concessions or do things for us because we feel we have been wronged by someone or by the world. Of course, you can acknowledge that something bad happened to you. But you can either sit in that or learn from it. You may not have any say over what has been done to you in the past, but you are 100% responsible for what happens next. Unfortunately, no one is going to come and fix someone else’s wrongdoing, so you would be waiting a long time. It might be unfair, but that doesn’t change the situation. And sitting in the seat of the victim will only hurt you. It’s like when you resent someone for something and that person may not even acknowledge what they have done. I ...