You're Sad Because You Suck Because You're You
"Many emotionally sensitive people seem to dislike and even hate themselves. The reasons vary but seem to fall into certain categories: self-blame, negative self-attribution, believing myths, not living values, treating yourself as if you don’t matter and" realizing that, in spite of whatever good intentions you have somehow managed to retain while being buffeted by the basic brutalities of life you will one way or another hurt or disappoint the people who love you the most and then briefly consider the possibility that it's their own fault for choosing to love someone as worthless as you are in the first place before finally accepting the bitter reality that no matter what anyone else has done everything is ultimately your fault and even a cursory glance at the mirror reveals a despicable excuse for a human being who once laughed and played and loved and wanted nothing more to be happy and share that happiness with the people who surrounded you, and now your only consolation is your inevitable demise, an event that can't happen quickly enough but probably will drag out like everything else. You can find a more in-depth examination of why you hate yourself here, but it basically boils down to the fact that you're an awful person and you're not fooling anyone about it.
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You hate yourself because you have good taste.
@Dave Bry I just bought your book and I hope it doesn't suck. It probably won't though.
@Dave Bry If I didn't put literally (actual literally!) my entire paycheck into my student loan payments, I would totally buy your book. Instead, I'm going to toss it on my Amazon wish list, and hope my mom takes pity on me. At which point I will feel guilty for taking my parents' money, because they are old and retired and have four kids, four grandkids, and one great grandkid, and so what if I am their youngest child, I am a lawyer married to a lawyer, and I shouldn't need to take anything from them, that is part of why I because a lawyer instead of a social worker! (fun fact: if I were a social worker, I'd have around the same salary, less loans, and still be doing around the same sort of work!)
@lovelettersinhell It's old people's fault for glorifying doctors and lawyers. Not to mention going to college. They duped us and they need to pay for it.
This right after the advice column about someone hating herself.
@hershmire Its like, see? We all love Balk, and he hates himself, so somewhere out there, someone adores you too!
The nirvana of narcissism is being bored with oneself. Hang in there brother!