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Living Civilly with Self-Hatred

Living Civilly with Self-Hatred

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Happy Thanksgiving to my subscribers. I am so grateful for your readership and support.

Logic says that to hate oneself when others love you is to call someone in these intimate transactions a fool. Either those who adore you are wrong about you, or you're wrong about yourself.  

I was 19 when Dr. Harter, my first psychiatrist, pointed out this paradox.…

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