• SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    The thing is, in some ways it does work, it’s just unhealthy as shit and other, more pleasant, means may be more effective in the long run anyway.

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      1 year ago

      Just to add my thoughts. There is no rock bottom and you can keeping going lower. Often our emotion response independent of environmental effects. Feelings of self-hate just push you further from progress. Even in cases where action is taken from self-hate (eg exercise), it is unsustainable. Dealing with self-image issues for my whole life (I cant recognise myself in the mirror) “fixing the problem” doesn’t change how you see things.