How do you build confidence and the ability to love yourself? I always hear "you can't expect someone to love you if you don't love yourself", and now I've realized the heavy truth in that statement. All of my relationships with others have been strained because of my low self esteem and self hatred. I find myself wondering why people talk to me at all, being so unfit for conversation, to look at, or be around in general. These realtionships become so awkward that I end up antisocial and bitter because of my inability to communicate with others without looking like the loser/fool/creep that I feel that I am inside. I do know that many of my problems would dissapear if I could learn to love myself, but I don't know how. Where do i start? Any tips from people who have felt what I do now?