Self Love
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It is popularly believed that self-love could be a necessary necessity for fond others. As exemplified by the first quote above, this belief permeates the realm of selfhelp literature At a societal level, this belief may be linked to the self-esteem movement (itself an offshoot of the human potential movement), which has promoted positive self-views as a panacea for a range of social ills from unemployment to violence and teenage pregnancy. There are many explanations for why self-love ought to promote love for others. Perhaps people who don't love themselves don't believe that others will love them and therefore avoid healthy love relationships. Or maybe if people don't love themselves, they choose unhealthy relationships as a part of an overall unsafe strategy. Of course, the probable link between self-love and love for others might also mirror a misunderstanding of causing. When people love others, they grow in love for themselves-at least if the love is returned. In short, there's a well-liked belief that fond the self could be a internet positive for fond others, however the precise causative chain remains unclear A second and traditionally older position suggests quite an totally different read of self-love. It is believed that self-love will truly forestall or maybe be harmful for romantic relationships. This position was delineate most colorfully by the traditional Greeks within the story of Narcissus. Narcissus was the personification of self-love: He saw himself as lovely and higher than those around him. Unfortunately, it was precisely this self-love that kept Narcissus from forming loving relationships with others. He wandered the country searching for the perfect partner (one potential partner, Echo, had her heart broken by Narcissus), however he fell smitten together with his own image mirrored in a pool of water and died. Clearly, the Greeks saw self-love as associate impediment to fond others also as a supply of suffering to others and ultimately to the self. The self-love theory posits that an individual's main priority in life is to find self-acceptance and that selfacceptance is often found through achievement. In turn, accomplishment is usually found through competition with others. The theory holds that there are four main elements of the self-love model: Ability; Effort; Performance; Self-worth
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