Mine's also a tortie, such beautiful coats!

*They lack

whether or not whatever services they seek (if they even have access) are actually beneficial to them. In a world that seems to be regressing (or at least clinging to power and control), I'd say that sounds like progress. #therapy #mentalhealth #healing

And yes, trying does matter, but how can you try if you don't know where to start, or if you've convinced yourself that you don't even need to try because you've already reached your goal? #selflove #selfawareness #selflovejourney

Unpacking all this means finding a way to embrace whatever parts of yourself you're struggling to accept.

because you can't genuinely love yourself if you only focus on what you like about yourself. It also helps to ask yourself where your self loathing comes from. Does it come from your conditioning? From the way you were raised? From societal expectations?

My concern is that people might try to bypass their way into self-love, meaning they might be tempted to only love the parts of themselves that they like. Speaking from my own experience, I found that self-acceptance has to come before self-love,

and needs to be addressed. If you also struggle with mental illness or disorders, self love can feel impossible. So if you're struggling with self love, are you struggling to love the parts of yourself that you deem unworthy of said love? That you deem too chaotic or unlovable?

People talk about "re-parenting" themselves, but to me that just means learning to give yourself the healthy version of love you were denied in childhood. I for one am still learning how to do this, but you have to start somewhere, right? #empathy #selfawareness #selflove