Why Movies No Longer Make Us Cry
Have all postmodern films become horror films?read more
View ArticleThe Impossibility of Accepting Praise
Praised or given presents, we who hate ourselves feel like charlatans and thieves - or like the victims of cruel practical jokes.read more
View ArticleWhat Can Hotel Rooms Teach Us?
Hotel rooms are refuges from the real world. Why not make the most of that?read more
View ArticleThere Is a Place Where You'd Hate Yourself Less
Self-esteem is location-sensitive.read more
View ArticleWomen and Food: A Complicated Love Story
Food gave these women a new lease on life.read more
View ArticleEnslaved by the Past
Raised by a parent who almost certainly had Borderline Personality Disorder, I have lived my life wearing the chains of fear and self-loathing that were given me as a family legacy. Passover is a...
View ArticleAfter Loss, Courage
An interview with author Monica Wesolowska, whose new memoir details what happened after her newborn son was given one of the worst possible prognoses. read more
View ArticleSelf-Loathing: The Ultimate Prejudice
We weren't born hating ourselves. So how did we learn? read more
View ArticleApology Porn
What does disgraced gender-studies professor Hugo Schwyzer's gut-cutting public confessional tell us about self-loathing and social media?read more
View ArticleWe Need Ghosts More Than They Need Us
If ghosts didn't exist we would have to invent them.read more
View ArticleOn the Road, Again
When we travel, we see and experience a thousand things and want to remember them all. Yet we know we will not. Which memories will we lose, and which will we get to keep?read more
View ArticleThinking Like an Italian
For an award-winning Swedish chef who runs an Italian restaurant in America, it's a matter of mind.read more
View ArticleWhat Will You Talk Yourself Out of Today?
We who struggle with self-loathing turn down invitations we want to accept, because we believe we don't deserve to have fun.read more
View ArticleHate Yourself? Give Thanks
On Thanksgiving, we who have low self-esteem can find gratitude challenging, because we believe that whatever good things we have, we don't deserve—that we acquired them by mistake or accident or...
View ArticleLow Self-Esteem Is the New "The Dog Ate My Homework"
Is attributing past misdeeds to low self-esteem too easy of an excuse? Some of us with low self-esteem are actually quite law-abiding and considerate.read more
View ArticleKaty Perry Disables Her Google Alerts
Is fame a golden key that frees us from self-loathing? That belief—and not just material riches—is the real reason so many people want to become famous. read more
View ArticleWho Hates Themselves? It's Not Always Who You'd Think
It's all too easy to assume we know who does and doesn't—and "should" and "shouldn't"—have low self-esteem. read more
View ArticleDo These Brownies Make Me Look More Compassionate?
More and more food and drink companies actively support charities. By buying these brands, we buy membership into the greater good -- and feel better about ourselves.read more
View ArticleSelf-Esteem Stories Are Oh So Obvious
Discussing self-esteem authentically requires delving under the obvious assumptions.read more
View ArticleCan Places Possess Healing Powers?
Certain locations allegedly possess inherent healing powers. Are such powers authentic or a mere matter of projection? And if such places make us feel better anyway, who cares?read more
View ArticleMothers, Don't Let Your Children See You Hating Yourself
Low self-esteem is a life-sucker. But think of it as a form of brainwashing, a bad habit that can be unlearned. read more
View ArticleRihanna Sought Counseling for Low Self-Esteem
It's hard to believe that a multimillionaire superstar with many homes and over 35 million Twitter followers would seek self-esteem counseling, as was reported this week. Then again, it's not hard to...
View ArticleWhat's Behind Beyoncé's #WhatIsPretty Project?
We who have low self-esteem find it hard to talk about low self-esteem because low self-esteem makes us want first and foremost to shut ourselves up.read more
View ArticleToday's News: Swimsuit-Clad Women Underperform in Math Tests
Why are news stories based on scientific studies so trendy? Because reading them makes us imagine ourselves on speaking terms with the brilliant scholars who developed this data. This raises our...
View ArticleSelena Gomez's Ostensible Self Esteem Tattoo
Having an affirmation inked upon your back in a foreign language raises many questions, such as: Why put it in a place you can see only in mirrors and photographs? For whom is this message really...
View ArticleCruisology 101
Cruises aren't for everyone—casinos, buffets, limitless cocktails, and constant social contact are dealbreakers for some—but making passengers feel special and safe has built a booming, $37 billion...
View ArticleWhy Am I Reading About Angelina Jolie's Alleged Anorexia?
Technology allows us instantaneous access to countless topics and activities. Yet in this "mirror, mirror on the wall" era, we use it instead to focus ever more intensely on ourselves.read more
View ArticleStay Here Where Life Can't Kill You
Revisiting a place beloved in childhood then nearly forgotten, I start to believe that I left some unseen part of myself there that has been awaiting my return.read more
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