life can be a butthead but friends and family always make it worth while star/gem

I would really love to offer a comforting hug to you right now - I feel you so much.

I also am so happy to have my bf/daddy with me. One is blessed with such understanding souls in ones lives - It is really good to know you have your daddy and husband with you <3

Really like the emotion in this Star! I have been so lucky to have found my wife/mama that is supportive. My walls are strong, but sometimes it is very healthy mentally to let go and cry and let the feelings out. It helps to just not have to be the big person adulty thingy and be safe and vulnerable with someone who loves and cares for you!

Life can be tough, but if you have friends and family will be there to help you get through it together.

Aww... *hugs*

Sadly I can't cry, in my soldier trained brain there is ALWAYS another protocol to follow regardless of how hurt me or others might be.

I'm not a soldier atleast not in this lifetime but I understand that feeling there always another mission another reason for us to go on and not show the hurt

same :T saaame

I know how you feel Star. I’m the same way. It definitely sucks. But that’s what friends and family is for. To help pick you up when times are tough.

Im quite certain I know exactly how the selfhate feels. Sometimes I skip out on going to the store / out in general, so people don't have to look at me. I'm happy to hear your daddy/husband is there for you. I think everyone goes through the feelings of self-hate / self-criticism.
I know the little voice in your head can be overwhelming, to the point where the wall breaks down, and you break down. But for what it's worth, there's nothing wrong with you. You're an amazing, wonderful, kind, caring, selfless person. And never let anyone tell you otherwise Sammy.

aww~ Let it all out. You deserve to like who you are, and if you need to cry it out, just do it. That'll help you feel better, especially with your daddy on your cuddling side

Glad you have someone that can do that for you.
I'm happy for you, Star.

There's lots of times I wish I could just cry. Sometimes the tears just won't come. I know what it feels like to not be able to love yourself, too. It hurts so much and there's lots of days where I don't feel like going on. I'm so grateful for my mom and having her back after two long years. I really have so few people I can relate to and fewer people who really support me. Just know, Sammy, we all love you very much and that you are an invaluable friend.

I know life can be unforgiving and unfair, a lot of things happened to me that was caused by me or by life itself. But life can be giving, as it gave you a wonderful husband/daddy to take care of you.

Some days.. It is hard to love yourself. That little voice who is anxiety does this to me. I don't feel cute.. I don't feel like I am worth it. But to have a partner that is willing to do anything for you and catches you when you are having a bad day, best thing ever.

Star.. You are an amazing person. I would give you a million hugs if I could. My girlfriend/daddy is helping me cope with my kitten side which is someone that I am scared to release. Never.. EVER bottle things up... That alone can explode when you get overwhelmed. When you can't love yourself.. remember you got your daddy and so many people that is willing to be there. It is okay to fall apart. No one is perfect. Forgive me for being all over the place. *snugs tightly.*

but mostly theres a reason though

Late of feel the same break down and cry to someone wish I have someone one day

we all support you, star

Augh, right in the feels. I can't tell you how many people feel this to the core, including myself at times.

It feels as though last month just rolled in and I remembered all the venting, all of the pain and hardship, and all the vent songs and actions I wanted to do all at once. It's true. Sometimes babies just cry.

Awwww you need a hug. (Hugs)

Glad to hear that there is someone helping you through these moments

I hope you'll feel better soon *offers hugs*

Daddy is there for you. He is so good at it. I miss you two, you made my England trip a gazillion times bettered

Wonder if Gem would be comfortable with Martin and Star with Paul.

We all cry sometimes. Makes us human

You've made a lot of positive contributions to this community, not just with your art but with the charity work you've done. I hope you don't feel you need to do all this for the sake of personal validation. You may find it difficult to love yourself, but the rest of us already appreciate you and don't need further convincing of your value as a person.

Daddies: they love you so you don't have to

It's a wonderful thing having someone you love who's always there for you through both the highs and lows.

If it means anything, we all love you and appreciate everything you do.

The night, ancient in it's youth, grand in it's simplicity, ordered in it's chaos, beautiful.

The dark, colossal vastness of space, ninety two billion light years across from one event horizon to the other, and beyond that, unknowable, and perhaps infinitely grander.

And twinkling in that great, sometimes beautiful, sometimes terrible night, in the spiraling arm of an unremarkable galaxy, in a small, unremarkable stellar system, beneath the reflected light of an abnormally large moon, and on a not very interesting planet, a single tiny flower weeps shiny drops of pure stardust. She weeps over a petal, fallen to the ground at her roots, shining gently in the silvery moon light. She laments her flaw, and hides her face behind her petals.

She weeps. Because one flower is so very, very tiny, and the universe is so very, terribly large. She weeps, and wonders if any of it matters. If any of it has meaning. If she has meaning. She imagines there are so many prettier flowers, bigger flowers, stronger flowers, and she wonders "do I even matter?"

And across the vastness of the void, across the galaxies, the stars, the planets and the moons, a voice whispers, unheard. "Yes. My child, you are beautiful, and precious, unique, and so very, very, very rare. Across the expanse of space, and the sprawl of time, in all of the wonders of creation, you are the only you, that there will ever, ever be. Shine little star, shine bright, shine because it was what you were born for."

Twinkle twinkle, little star, you're just perfect as you are, lighting up the world so bright, like a diamond in the night, twinkle twinkle little star, you're just perfect as you are.

https://youtu.be/ubTJI_UphPk

I feel you star, stay strong.

Goose🦆❤u

I often feel the same way. But, we eventually find the strength to keep going. Things get better.

ah pet :( I’m glad you have someone who’s there for you when you need him <3 it’s a good message too, sometimes you just need to cry and let it out

Sometimes there are just days when trying to like yourself can be so hard. Never being good enough, not meeting expectations of oneself...it can be tiring,

I'm glad there is someone that can soothe that pain in your life,
You are not alone and that's something very precious

It's important to have someone in tough times.

"I don't really like myself and trying to like me can be pretty exhausting, and sometimes when that wall breaks and I break ..." I can understand how you feel it often happens to me too.

Hugs little one, we are all here for you and we all love you. Take a day with your daddy and have him take care of his little one, you deserve it.

I know the feeling all to well, if it weren't for my BF/CG I probably wouldn't be here to post this message...

I know this feeling all too well, just have a near impossible time actually doing it.

I cryed yesterday

This is so lovely, thank you.

crying but agreeing..

True

I used to have points like this all the time due to anxiety and stress, but my friends and family helped me through all of it, at the end if the day, they always made it ok.

Such a beautiful picture. Daddy (or mummy) hugs just make everything right. It's like magic ^^

It's hard to love yourself sometimes when you know you're a weirdo, but that's just one of the things that make you special! I'm sure most babyfurs struggle with self-love, I know I do.

It can be hard to remember when we find ourselves in that miserable headspace, but you're the only person on earth that sees what you see when you look in the mirror, the only one who thinks exactly the way you do, sees the world just like you do, knows all your likes and dislikes, feeds you, bathes you, dresses you, brushes your teeth for you... ok maybe some of that might get taken care of for you if you're extra little and have a dope caregiver, but generally when you're adulting, no one can look after you better than yourself, so why wouldn't you love someone who cares for you that much?

That being said, sometimes the best feeling can be to just let it all out, and that's okay.

Gem, you are such a bright light in this community. Your passion for both art and music fills my heart and I always love seeing all your posts, even if I dont always comment. I cant imagine how many littles are lurking harder than me, who greatly appreciate you and everything you do.

I know I'm not the only person who appreciates you for more than just what you post. You're a huge inspiration on so many levels! So next time you're having trouble loving yourself, just remember how many people favorited and commented on this.

Loving yourself is a constant practice. Keep your head up and dont stop practicing! <3

There's so much that I wouldn't have experienced without your art, which wouldn't have existed if you were significantly different. Sometimes you feel down, but don't ever doubt that you're a positive influence on the world.

Sometimes the hardest part is remembering that it is okay to cry. Having someone there for you when the walls fall down is super helpful.

I'm glad you have someone like that Star. I know how hard it is to love one's self sometimes.

It's natural to cry. It reminds us of our own emotion. And loving ourselves can be hard, at least you have someone who's there for you

I feel like I love myself. The apathy and sadness I've been feeling lately might be speaking otherwise. I wish I could just let go and cry like this at times.

Maybe that is an indication you could use a more balanced life.

Ive actually gotten better at balancing things since lockdown began really, so that sentence may have been true pre2020 it's probably not so much now

Thing is if you are balanced why are you posting this with the text that you hate yourself?

That's not the way self hate works unfortunately. You can be at the very top of your game and still feel self loathing.

I do understand what you mean with that. Though rather than self-loathing I suffer from doom pondering.
2021 was a great year for me and I thought I had grown out of it but it has returned again.

I think a quote that fits well here is : " it's oke to not be oke "

My god do I get this; both the picture and the comment.

I’m sitting here at 3-something AM hating myself and wishing I could cry for once. Anything to just let the emotion out and feel better. But no, the walls were put up a long time ago and they’re just too strong.

sometimes having a cry is exactly what you need to slowly feel better :<

Yesterday I discover this song, "Golden hour" and it reminds me Star and Unkle Em because of the "shineeee" heheh

I know you are having 'to much on your plate' right now :c but hope this song can make you feel a little less sad uwu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsR08cY8k0A