Why You Can’t Have (Healthy) Love Without Self-Love
Your self-love relieves others of the burden
Of pinning all your hopes of feeling worthy on the actions of others, Hogi also says, “It’s also quite selfish if you think about it. To put your happiness, your sense of self, on another person. How would they even be able, even if they wanted to, to fill that void for you?” When you don’t learn to love yourself, you leave it entirely on others to make you feel validated, and that’s a big job you’re assigning others.