"There is a kind of sadness that can only be found in the confusion between who you think you are and who you think other people want you to be."

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"'Keep away from me'
'Just one more'

Why do we Hurt ourselves more, when other people hurt us? Why do we be ourselves up, for feeling beat up?

Maybe the lesser pain you cause yourself distracts you from the bigger pain inside.
And it's easy to get stuck in a kind of loop of pain.
You're hurt, so you hurt yourself some more.

But the correct response to pain, is self-love.
When we're hurt, we need to take better care of ourselves. Not worse.
It can be hard to be conscious in the moment and remember to be kind to ourselves when someone hurts us. But you need to try."

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