It is hard for me to love myself.
Others love me for what I can contribute to myself and life.
Just to plain love myself when I have symptoms seems impossible.
Still there are few times when I love myself which just eases the stress of life.
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In the words of the ever so elegant RuPaul " If You Can’t Love Yourself, How The Hell You Gonna Love Someone Else?" lol. you are worthy of love! Love yourself and others will love you 
I love myself, but my self esteem is pretty low right now. I need to build myself back up. I was telling my therapist I really need a change in my life and I think I will start doing yoga and trying to get more health minded. Like giving up cigs tomorrow.
that’s a great idea. yoga calms the spirit. Do you have any pets?
i have highs and lows just like everyone else just with this illness the highs and lows are more extreme.
I struggle with this. It’s poisonous to all your friendships with others. I have no one anymore except for family because I am not at ease with myself and I have allowed delusions and self-hatred push everyone away from me.
I just hope one day I find a way round this, and make new friends. I doubt this will happen though unless I started again somewhere new where no body knows my past.
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yes, I have two dogs that keep me comforted.
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on days when I feel like I can’t live and want to jump out a building or in front of a train, I tell myself, how selfish it would be for me to leave this earth when my dog loves me so much she is resting next to me right now. when you feel down and depressed and feel you can’t love yourself, think of others, including your loyal pets, who love you dearly. God and Jesus love you and I love you 
So you have no choice but to love yourself <3
I agree that loving ourselves is almost foreign to we szs. We struggle just to get through the day.
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I can fully relate to that.
within the past couple weeks i’ve felt completely out of control of my true self.
I sometimes think things that ARE NOT ME
im not hateful.
all I have is my dog, my lil love. I sometimes get sad and wish I could make some good friends too. not a lot, maybe like 3 or 4 really good ones.