The #1 Reason Why You Don’t Accept Yourself Yet
My journey toward self-acceptance has been mired in hate.
When I was younger, I despised the fact that I was Black American. I couldn’t stand how I grew up. My parents were super religious. It felt like the whole world was judging me.
When I discovered that I was gay, the lack of self-acceptance got even worse.
By the time I went to college, I had many misconceptions about myself. I thought that I was dumb, that I’d never amount to much. My classes suffered. And eventually, I dropped out.
During this time I started to binge eat. Food was always a big part of growing up. So eating became my emotional blanket. Naturally, I began to gain weight. My energy levels were deplorable. I felt like a big, fat, miserable loser.
My food addiction came to a head when I almost got fired from my job (I had little energy to do the physically demanding work required).
Something had to change. And after much resistance, I went to a holistic doctor. After the first few visits, I got my diet under control. The excess weight started to fall off. And my energy levels skyrocketed.
But that was just the beginning.
Like many before me, initially, I improved my external Self. But my internal world was still in…
