I love who I am but don't feel like I can be loved by others!

[Aclipse]

I love me, I love the person that I am, I love my heart, my personality, bodyand soul and I feel like i'm equal to others. But it is very VERY hard for me to believe that another person could love me.

So i'm not quite sure how to go about working on this? Or where it would stem from? If i love myself, but don''t feel as though another person could love me then it still must be a self esteem issue, right?

[pinky3]

Originally Posted by Aclipse

I love me, I love the person that I am, I love my heart, my personality, bodyand soul and I feel like i'm equal to others. But it is very VERY hard for me to believe that another person could love me.

So i'm not quite sure how to go about working on this? Or where it would stem from? If i love myself, but don''t feel as though another person could love me then it still must be a self esteem issue, right?

Hi Eclipse. Sorry I can't help you. Just wanted to let you know, I'm 100% the same. I think I'm a beautiful person. But get a shock when someone tells me they love me. Let me know if you find the answer

[Nimue]

So many empty people find it natural for someone to love them, yet they only need that emotion to fill their own emptiness. Do we have to feel empty for that?

[ginkgo]

This comes from how you were brought up or raised (self-esteem). Some kids are brought up by parents who treat them well and do not hurt them but do not love the children.

These children have never felt love and do not know what it is. They know about sharing and all that but have never felt love. But there re ways of personal growth that can help people to feel the endless love that is inside of them.

[Angela]

Originally Posted by Aclipse

... don''t feel as though another person could love me...

What's the truth about you, the thing you believe about yourself at a deeply unconscious level, that means that another person couldn't possibly love you? (Ask your unconscious mind -- your child-self, rather than your grown-up, figured it all out self.) "I am _____."

[mindset]

Personally, I think you have trust issues. You clearly cannot accept the possibilities of another human being loving you the way you'd want to be loved.

If you give others a chance to show them how sincere they are then maybe you'll eventually be willing to accept that possibility.

Just my two cents.

[Magicinthenight]

Originally Posted by Angela

What's the truth about you, the thing you believe about yourself at a deeply unconscious level, that means that another person couldn't possibly love you? (Ask your unconscious mind -- your child-self, rather than your grown-up, figured it all out self.) "I am _____."

This. If you feel there is a reason why someone else can't love you, it's probably good to look at that reason and why you think it's true about you.

Also: do you love other people? Do you see the lovable side of them? Sometimes, when we have a hard time accepting love from others, it shows itself in how we view others and whether we feel love for them.