I guess I’m hoping to hear the perspective from the other side. I, 25F have, without sugar coating it, always hated and loathed myself, ever since I was a little kid. My hate and disgust towards myself has obviously taken a toll on the people closest to me. Now the situation is, that my relationship (with 28M) is ending or has ended (I don’t even know anymore) largely due to my self-esteem and self-image issues. It breaks my heart since I loved this person more than anything, but I try to understand how much it damaged him to listen to me hate myself and see me cry about how disgusting I am, over and over again. The reason why I’m even typing this is, that I hope there could be someone out there, who could tell me their side, or their experience dating someone or loving someone who hated themselves. How is it actually? Does it damage you as well? How does it feel for you to see it or listen to it? I think I just need a reality check, since I just keep telling myself that other people don’t really care and it “only affects me”.