I Hate Myself. Now What? - Blaise Aguirre

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Biographie:

Blaise Aguirre, MD, is Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a child and adolescent psychiatrist. He is the founding medical director of the 3East Dialectical Behavior Therapy continuum of care at McLean Hospital and is nationally and internationally recognized for his extensive work in the treatment of mood and personality disorders in adolescents....

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Preface ix

PART 1 UNDERSTANDING SELF-HATRED 1

1 What Is Self-Hatred? 3
2 Why Is Overcoming Self-Hatred So Critical? 21
3 Common Signs of Self-Hatred 31
4 The Lived Experience: Breaking the Cycle of Self-Hatred 59
5 What Is the Self That You Are Hating? 75

PART 2 ROOTS OF SELF-HATRED 93

6 Where Does Self-Hatred Come From? 95
7 Could It Be Temperament or Biology? 107

PART 3 SELF-HATRED IN MENTAL HEALTH 123

8 Borderline Personality Disorder and Self-Hatred 125
9 Other Psychiatric Diagnoses and Self-Hatred 133
10 Other Personality Traits and Self-Hatred 147

PART 4 TREATMENT AND OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO TREATMENT 167

11 Targeting Self-Hatred 169
12 Why Is Self-Hatred So Hard to Tackle? 183
13 Reflections of Therapists 203
14 Advice from Those with Lived Experience 219
15 Alternative Treatment Ideas 233

PART 5 FINDING HOPE AND TECHNOLOGY'S LIMIT 241

16 Enduring Hope 243
17 AI's Take on Self-Hatred 255

Conclusion 259
Acknowledgments 261
About the Author 263
Index 265