Signs You Need More Self-Love

Relationships with others can be highly complex and confusing, but the strangest part is 
that you don’t even need another person to have a difficult experience in a relationship. 
With the numerous pressures from the modern world crashing down onto people, it’s no 
surprise that a lot of people are finding that they need more self-love. If this isn’t 
something you’ve really thought about, you might wonder about what might be signs 
that you need more self-love. 

You Don’t Have as Much Interest

Do you have hobbies and interests that just don’t seem to really excite you or make you 
feel good anymore? If you’ve recently experienced a major change in attitude towards 
the things that used to get you out of bed in a day, then it’ pretty possible that you need 
more self-love. When you don’t take care of your emotional needs and allow stress to 
rule multiple aspects of your life, the things that you once loved won’t feel the same. 

Symptoms like those are found in depression as well. Depression can be a natural 
effect caused by unfulfillment in life. Possibly a job that grates on you, or an 
environment that you used to enjoy has become oppressive. These things can also be 
signs of a type of burnout. The responsible, self-loving thing to do would be to allow 
yourself to have more time to relax. It’s important to work, but it’s also important to be 
balanced. 

When that balance gets murky, you can and most likely will get tired of the constant 
pressure. It might not be a threat at the moment, but things can change quickly, and 
suddenly you become overwhelmed. Stay balanced, and you’ll be less likely to fry 
yourself. 


You Don’t Forgive Minor Trespasses 

Have you caught yourself observing people and muttering unpleasant things under your 
breath? Misunderstanding happen, and sometimes those things can seem like much 
bigger issues than they really are in the grand scheme. When you aren’t feeling love for 
yourself, it’s a lot easier to get caught in a pattern of criticizing others. This habit of fault 
finding is different than talking to a friend in a calm way about a troublesome path 
they’ve chosen. 

That kind of talk comes out of concern, where fault finding is more rooted in a person’s 
need to put down others so they can avoid looking at their own faults. When people 
make mistakes, it’s important to remember that people are incapable of being perfect, 
so it’s healthier to extend the same kind of forgiveness that you would want to have. It 
does nothing to hold onto grudges other than load your body down with stress as well. 

Spend some time thinking about how little many of these minor issues will affect your 
life. If you know that they won’t do any lasting damage, then it’s probably sufficient to 
say what you need to say to the person involved and move on. If not for them, it should 
be for your mental health. 

You Feel You Are an Impostor 

One thing that hasn’t been touched on so far in this article, is the internal voice that 
each and every person has inside of themselves. Sometimes your inner voice can play 
tricks on you and make you doubt yourself. The voice in your head might even attack 
and ridicule you randomly through the day. If this is the case, it would be a good idea to 
concentrate on positive things about yourself more often. 

If you don’t love yourself enough, it can lead to cyclical bad behavior. Telling yourself 
that you might be fooling everyone around you and actually living in fear of that 
discovery is probably a lot let reasonable to accept when you look at the breadth of your 
actual achievements. Practice positive self-talk for a period of time, and it could help 
you to gain a more realistic view of yourself. 


Less Assertiveness 

If you find yourself taking a back seat to things in life more often, in that you don’t stand 
up for yourself or make your thoughts heard, that can be a massive sign that you need 
more self-love. Doing more healthy things for yourself will help you to feel better and be 
more in touch with your body. When you’re comfortable in life, you’ll be naturally more 
confident.  


You Haven’t Been Bathing as Often

One of the biggest signs that you need to care for yourself more is that you haven’t 
been bathing enough. Lack of hygiene is a strong sign of depression and other related 
emotional disturbances. Make sure that you create a routine to keep yourself bathed. If 
you go without basic cleanliness, it can be easy to feel like nothing matters as much. Go 
out of your way to make yourself feel better and healthy. That along could be a massive 
boost to your attitude. 


