A study by PsychTests.com indicates that people who believe that they are not worthy of love and respect are more likely to struggle with major self-esteem, relationship, emotional, and behavioral issues.
MONTREAL (PRWEB) July 08, 2018
They are three seemingly simplistic words: “I deserve love.” Yet there are people who can’t bring themselves to believe those words, let alone say them, and this in itself speaks volumes about their character. Those who believe they are unworthy of love are not being modest, stoic, or poetic; they are denying themselves a fundamental need that all humans crave. Moreover, according to research from PsychTests the belief that one is undeserving of love can have a significantly negative impact on a person’s well-being.
Analyzing data from 6,712 people who took their Self-Esteem Test, PsychTests’ researchers examined two distinct groups: Those who believe that they deserve love and those who don’t. The differences between the groups were staggering:
“When you watch how babies interact, it’s not hard to see that they have an inherent sense of their own value,” explains Dr. Jerabek, president of PsychTests. “When they cry, there is no doubt in their minds that they will be comforted. When they are happy, they expect nothing less than for others to share in their bliss. In essence, we are born with an inherent understanding that we deserve love. Unfortunately, this assumption gets eroded in some of us. If we don’t receive the unconditional love and support we need from our parents as we grow, we begin to believe that love is conditional, depending on things like good grades, good performance in sports, unquestionable obedience, etc. We come to believe, especially during our teenage years, that to be loved and accepted, we have to look and behave a certain way. So we move through life believing that love doesn’t come easily, that we must fulfill certain conditions in order to be worthy of it, and the more conditions there are - many of which we place on our ourselves - the less and less we feel we deserve love.”
“Believing that we deserve love begins with one crucial factor: A healthy degree of self-love and a strong sense of self-worth. Without these, finding someone to truly love us, just the way we are, will be impossible. Once you start to treat yourself with love and respect, others will follow suit. You won’t abide by mistreatment; you won’t want to be around people who set conditions on their love, who want you to change to fit their expectations. You will set healthy, reasonable boundaries. You will be filled with such an abundance of self-love that love from others will simply be an added bonus.”
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