You’ve Been Trained to Hate Yourself

Society trained me to value my intellect, ignore my soul, and judge myself as unworthy.

School trained me to compare myself to others and focus on my weaknesses. There was always something that I wasn’t naturally good at. Yep, gifted and talented but remedial PE. I started believing that I was somehow lacking and that I needed to fix myself. I suspected that everyone else was doing great but that I wasn’t OK. This became my shameful secret.

This training of generations has led to an epidemic of anxiety, depression, hostility, fear, and…