I can strongly relate to what you're saying BabyG, I tried and tried to "love myself" to no avail... whats finally helped me the most was'nt figuring out how to "love myself," it's knowing that I am loved, and being able to reflect that love back to others,and in the process "love what is love IN me". We can have a "cup that runneth over" with love but we need to be holding the cup under the right source. who is love? is it us? seems unlikely...(or "unlovely") who loves you? who do you love? get yourself "in the loop" somehow...