4 Crucial Ways to Practice Self-Love Through Depression

4 Crucial Ways to Practice Self-Love Through Depression

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The more intense your depression is, the more self-hate you feel. We have to turn the self-hatred around. You are meant to be here. You are meant to live your life to the absolute fullest.

Most days I hate my life. Most days I can’t stand who I am. But I don’t always hate myself. I relate this back to the self-love I captured around the time I came out of my first round of severe depression.

I might have off moments, off days, or off months, but I know I’m beautiful. And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with me knowing that I’m a beautiful person. Because self-love is so damn important.

Here are the 4 ways I practice self-love through depression: