self-hate
noun
: hatred directed toward oneself rather than toward others : self-hatred
Humans need self-love, not self-hate, but when you have a disorder which makes you anti-social, it's hard to be kind to yourself.—
Jo Challacombe
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When offered as just-in-time tools within popular social media platforms like Tumblr and Discord, these programs reduce near-term ratings of hopelessness and self-hate and increase desires to stop self-harming, with effects considered large within the scientific community.
—Jessica Schleider, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
The big one on the cons list was loss of anonymity, but probably that was a way of writing self-hate or something.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
Waters’ antipathy toward C.J., much like John Claggart’s hostility toward Billy Budd, has a strong element of self-hate.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
Jessica Schleider, STAT, 1 Apr. 2024
The big one on the cons list was loss of anonymity, but probably that was a way of writing self-hate or something.
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 June 2023
Waters’ antipathy toward C.J., much like John Claggart’s hostility toward Billy Budd, has a strong element of self-hate.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2023
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“Self-hate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-hate. Accessed 30 Apr. 2024.
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