Are you unlovable?

"When we let that lie take root, it grows and grows until, eventually, we say, "You're unlovable." It's not that you're never going to be loved; you lie to yourself and think your problem is that you aren't worth loving. No one’s ever going to find you lovable. Eventually, that grows until you begin believing that you don't even love yourself. How is it possible for anyone else to love you, right? These lies are like digging a hole. And you tell yourself that you are trying to dig yourself out of the hole … but it's only getting deeper and darker. Our pain gets deeper and deeper, and our hope gets smaller and smaller. And we find ourselves unhealthy. We find ourselves in a very dangerous place. People who don’t feel loved are likely to struggle with anxiety and depression, as well as many other mood disorders. We're talking about moments in our mental health where we've accepted these lies: that life has no meaning, that I am ruined, or that I am not loved. They begin to destroy us. We accept them as true, and it puts us in dark places. These lies especially destroy us when we don't recognize them as lies. The best way to identify a lie is to know the truth." Ben Webb, Associate Minister