Why do we only accept the love we think we deserve?

We accept the love we think we deserve based on how we feel about ourselves. So, if you don’t even treat yourself with the love and respect that you deserve – you’re unlikely to demand that from anyone else.

What does you are deserving mean?

English Language Learners Definition of deserving : having good qualities that deserve praise, support, etc. —used to say that someone or something should have or be given something —+ of. deserving. adjective.

How can one be more deserving of love than another?

“Deserving” implies it comes as a compensation for doing something right. Sure, you can do things to put you in better position to love and be loved, you can “work” for love, which would make you more deserving, fundamentally. In that sense, one could be more deserving than another of love by making themselves more desirable.

Do you feel like you don’t deserve romantic love?

“Many people have the feeling that they are not deserving of romantic love, but this is not a healthy, productive, or useful feeling,” Klapow tells Elite Daily. “So while it is common, it is something that needs to be addressed or it will have a negative influence on all your subsequent romantic relationships.”

Do you think everyone deserves love?

If everyone (or no one) deserves love, then there is no notion of worthiness to it. It’s just something that happens in human social relations, and not as a recompense for acting “the right way” morally. So whatever, everyone, no one, some, it’s not really about merit.

Is it normal to feel unworthy of Love?

According to Dr. Joshua Klapow, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and host of The Kurre and Klapow Show, feeling unworthy of a loving relationship is much more common than you might think. “Many people have the feeling that they are not deserving of romantic love, but this is not a healthy, productive, or useful feeling,” Klapow tells Elite Daily.