Mental Illness and the Struggle for Self-Love

Why do so many of us hate ourselves?

Leon Macfayden
Published in
6 min readDec 6, 2023

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A man conquering a mountain and realizing there’s always more to climb.
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We are our own worst critics. We wouldn’t dream of being so unforgiving and cruel to other people. While we are a fountain of compassion for our loved ones, we are a brutal jailor to ourselves, and the psychological abuse is constant.

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Leon Macfayden
Invisible Illness

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