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self-hatred

noun as in hair shirt

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"I was completely lost, lonely, and isolated. I had feelings of self-hatred. I was worried all the time," she said.

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As a teenager, she had feelings of self-hatred and worthlessness, and could not make friends.

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While Elias did not characterize this as Jewish self-hatred, it certainly bespoke an awkwardness that Cohn felt in his own skin as a Jew.

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Roberts dissolved into his character, a manipulative small-time hustler whose self-hatred metastasizes into murderous rage.

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“It isn’t self-hatred. I love being Black, but the things I’ve gone through I wouldn’t wish on other children.”

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