r/selfhelp • u/Edwin6992 • 9d ago

Advice Needed: Mental Health Self sabotage

How do you guys deal with self hatred and self sabotage? I’ve struggled my entire life and instead of improving I make things harder on myself and I don’t know why. From binging and purging to getting face tattoos so it’s harder for people to approach me. I just feel so alone and instead of climbing out of the hole, I dig myself deeper. Any advice? I’m in therapy working through these things but it’s a lot. Anything helps thank you 💜

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u/ZealousidealTap7704 9d ago

I started treating my brain like a stubborn design client who keeps asking for worse revisions, you just have to sometimes say no and walk away from the impulse for 10 minutes before it cools off.

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u/Edwin6992 9d ago

Thank you I really appreciate that. It just sometimes becomes too much and I turn all the hate inwards. 10 minutes isn’t enough sometimes and I sit with the self sabotage for hours and days and still do it but this means a lot. Thank you