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Self-Improvement vs Insecurity: Learning to Grow Without Self-hate
There’s something I want to talk about today that comes up a lot in therapy, especially with LGBTQIA+ people: the thin, slippery line between self-improvement and insecurity.
We’re constantly told we should be working on ourselves—losing weight, gaining muscle, fixing our skin, staying youthful, becoming "better." But better for who? For ourselves? Or for others to want us?
Saquib Ahmad
Mar 31, 20254 min read
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