Self-Love Is The Best Form Of Healing

Thought Catalog
3 min readJan 17, 2022
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By Rania Naim

Self-love is the best remedy. It’s the best form of healing.

Self-love helps you move on with ease when you truly look back on certain experiences or certain people and realize you’re better off without them, you’re better off without their judgments, you’re better off without their breadcrumbs and you’re better off without their toxic energy.

Self-love makes you stronger. It makes you open the door wide open for those who want to leave, those who think you’ll run after them when they walk away. Self-love gives you the confidence you need to know that you will be okay on your own and that you don’t need someone else to validate you or make you feel complete.

Self-love makes you assertive. You know what you want and you’re not afraid to say it out loud. You won’t settle for anything less and you won’t tolerate someone’s games or lies or false promises no matter how much you care about them. Self-love protects you from those who make you feel like you’re not important. Self-love guards you against those incapable of genuinely loving you.

Self-love makes you a fast learner. You don’t stay in a toxic situation for a long time. You end things that are not working for you or not serving you well. You walk away from those who don’t know how to value or respect you. You…

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