Opinion | Lizzo: Self-care has to be rooted in self-preservation, not just mimosas and spa days. - NBCNewsTHINK
I don't think that loving yourself is a choice. I think that it's a decision that has to be made for survival; it was in my case. Loving myself was the result of answering two things:re you gonna just have a life of emptiness, self-hatred and self-loathing?That's the first step: Acceptance. And acceptance is hard. I'm still accepting myself every day; I'm still working on it.
Sometimes, you need therapy to help you learn to love yourself. I know that therapy is some privileged sh**, and the fact that I'm financially able to afford it, and that I was also in a place where I could accept the fact that I needed it, is incredibly fortunate. But I finally realized that owning up to your vulnerabilities is a form of strength, and making the choice to go to therapy is a form of strength. It took years for me to get to that point, but I did it last year for my friends and my family. I didn't really do it for myself at first, but because I realized what my emotional condition was doing to my relationships. And I wanted to be a better sister and a better daughter, a better boss and a better friend.
More than that, I also learned how to take space— not outer space, but inner space. When I'm tired, and so exhausted, I know how to find that space.
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