Caitlin Moran Quotes

I don't want to hurt myself. I want to stop hurting.

There are many ways that we hurt ourselves when we don't like who we are.

If I abuse myself daily, who can I love?

Sadness is a super important thing not to be ashamed about but to include in our lives. One of the bigger problems with sadness or depression is there's so much shame around it. If you have it you're a failure. You are felt as being very unattractive.

Self-loathing doesn't keep me from being happy. But that doesn't mean I don't struggle.

Being diagnosed with cancer helped me identify all that was wrong in my life. It also helped me search for the solutions. I discovered self-love; I learned to prioritise myself over others and, most importantly, realised that I had to love myself first before somebody else loves me.

I'm always dealing with this sadness. I don't want to be Morrissey or anything, but it is a thing I deal with it. Every day, when I wake up, I have to make a decision to fight this depression. That sounds horrible but I'm fine with it; it's who I am; it's my life. I try not to let it cripple me.

Be kind to yourself so you can be happy enough to be kind to the world.

Compassion for myself is the most powerful healer of them all.

I can't do that to myself...

You can't make someone feel good about themselves until you feel good about yourself.

My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression.

No one will love you more than you love your pain.

Self love is a great recurring theme, the headwaters that feed my ability to be the best version of myself in every other aspect of my life. Self worth sets the standard that life meets.

Your private relationship with yourself is a spring that will feed every other factor.

Like, you should never want to hurt yourself. You should love yourself.

Do nothing in a depressed mood, nor as one afflicted, nor as thinking that you are in misery, for no one compels you to that.

Finally, be kind to yourself and have a good support system.

You must love and care for yourself, because that's when the best comes out.

Self-love and the love of the world constitute hell.

I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.

Instead of hiding your loneliness, bring it into the light. Honor it. Treat it. Heal it. You'll find that it returns the favor.

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain.

Somebody once told me that self-punishment is worse than any other punishment.

I think it's safe to say that each of us has at least one issue we are passionate about and struggle with, issues that robs us of our peace, our joy and our ability to experience love.