Self-Pity: Eating Your Own Hearts

Instead, try self-compassion — and NO, it’s not about improving self-esteem

Mark Chu

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Self-pity
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One thing I remember very clearly about my childhood is seeing my mother’s self-pity. I remember her drunk and crying while singing a song about a lonely orphan (she was physically and emotionally abused by her own mother). Once she told me a story about a tale of a man who kills…

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Mark Chu

I’m a professor of psychology at a small university in southern New Mexico. I like playing musical instruments, basketball, and writing stories.