Internalized Negativity Quotes

Self pity is the worst possible emotion anyone can have. And the most destructive. It is, to slightly paraphrase what Wilde said about hatred, and I think actually hatred's a subset of self pity and not the other way around - 'It destroys everything around it, except itself.'

I see people - they won't be negative toward other people, but inside they're negative toward themselves, and I think that holds us back.

For a long time, I let my mother say what she wanted about me, and what was worse, for a long time I believed her.

When I was young, even though I received so much love, I used to pay attention to people who disliked me. That's why my lyrics were so sharp and dark.

Low self esteem involves imagining the worst that other people can think about you.

If you constantly beat yourself up with negative thoughts, you will either beat up on the people around you- verbally, emotionally, or physically- or you will beat up on yourself by destroying some area of your own life.

Shame: We all have it. It's that gremlin that says 'I'm not enough.' Or, if you're feeling pretty confident,...'ooh, who do you think you are?' Shame always has a seat.

I was made to believe there's something wrong with me.

This was not guilt: guilt is what you feel when you have done something wrong. What I felt was shame: I was what was wrong.

Well, I always think the worst things are going to happen here, because I'm - basically inside, I'm a bad person, and so the bad kind of takes over.

I have auditory hallucinations, I hear voices saying derogatory things, like I'm terrible and I'm going to die, and they're usually worse in the afternoon.

When people tell you that you're less-than and that you don't matter and that you're inferior, you internalize some of that.

I grew up in a household where I learned five things from my old man. You know what they were? You're no good. You're a failure. You're not going to amount to anything. Don't trust nobody, and don't tell nobody your business. When I lost to Larry Holmes in 1982, I felt all five of those things smacked me right across the face.

I've always hated my voice. You sound different in your head when you hear it out loud.

Unfounded fears about your competence and abilities can cripple your unique talents and gifts, which are waiting to be released.

I always felt I was wounded. That I was no good, a piece of crap, and that I wouldn't amount to anything, because that's what my father always told me. I just felt like I didn't belong anywhere.