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Do you think that "accept yourself" means "know yourself?"

That would be something that I could get on board with because it would allow and encourage change. But I would not agree that "knowing yourself" is a synonym for "love yourself" or "be okay with yourself." Not that I think it's okay to hate yourself, but it's pretty obvious that "loving yourself" is not the same thing as "knowing yourself."

The problem is that if "accept yourself" is equivalent to "know yourself" then I do accept myself because as you read in the OP, I pretty much have myself figured out. But I don't accept myself. There are some things about myself that I want to change and knowing about them isn't enough. I need to complete the process of changing the most obvious deficiencies to be happy with myself.