Do You Hate Yourself? - Gary L Alexander - August 1975

Gary L Alexander

Jesus Christ said, "Love thy neighbor as thyself" (Matt. 22:39). What if you hate "thyself" - is it possible to love others? Mankind is indeed his own worst enemy. More people murder themselves each year (25,000 suicides annually in the United States) than murder others (18,000 homicides per year). A milder, more common, form of self-hatred is the inferiority complex we all secretly harbor. As a result, most of us are tougher on ourselves than we are on others. A best-selling book put this self-deprecating attitude in colloquial terms by labeling most people's lives as "You're OK, but I'm not." I'm Not "OK" This "not OK" posture, according to the book's author, psychiatrist Thomas Harris, is instilled early in life, no matter how loving and well meaning parents try to be. "It is the situation of childhood and not the intention of parents that produces the problem." - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library