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What Does It Mean to Love Yourself?

Asked by Gabby101 (2950points) June 7th, 2013

I have been seeing a therapist and she asked me if I loved myself. I didn’t really know how to answer, because I’m not sure what it means to love yourself. The feeling of love that I have for my husband or my family is just that, a feeling. It’s not something I think about, or decide, it’s just something that I feel in my heart. But I don’t get that “love” feeling when I think of myself. I spend a lot of time thinking about myself, doing nice things for myself and getting myself what I want and need and in general, I like myself, so is that what’s she’s talking about? Or is loving yourself something else?

When I asked my therapist, she took my confusion as a big “no” to the question. So no help there. Or maybe that is the answer??

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