Is it possible to love someone without loving yourself?

[Matthew Ralph Molaro]

Yes, it is possible to love someone without extending the same love to yourself. Fear is the common cause of that.

I agree with Jennifer here. It is Fear that is the cause.

[Cristina-Ioana Toader]

I think it's possible to care deeply for others even if you struggle with self-love, but the Leviticus quote suggests that loving yourself is key to truly loving others. Self-love will help us build healthier, more balanced relationships. I also believe self-love can be taught! It's something we can develop through mindfulness, therapy, or even supportive relationships.

[Santosh Behera]

I think, No. Love is a complex concept that involves both self-love and love for others. It is a human instinct that often dominates, and it is essential to love oneself first to offer healthy love to others. People often sacrifice to prove their love to others, but this is not loving. Love is not about suffering but about expressing love and overcoming internal struggles.

[Macel A]

I for one believe you cannot love someone else when you don't have yourself. We see amd judge other people depending on feelings we experience. If you don't love yourself you live as if the world is always out to get you and even if you find someone who you actually truly love the relationship will just be hard. You will always have doubts like what does this person see in me that I don't see in myself? One will have so many doubts that come from the lack of loving yourself as they say self love is not selfish but a necessity that will help nuture long lasting relationships.

[Alichi]

You need to have love to give love. So I don't think so

[Ruka NK]

Yes, it is very possible in my view but the love would not be healthy instead it might end up being toxic to both parties. Because I think people that lack self love don't always know how to show love to other properly and can allow they negative views of themselves to taint their actions and this can have damaging impact on both parties

[Corinna Borsato]

I believe self love is the foundation of happiness. Without appreciating your own worth, validating your strength, accepting your limits, you cannot possibly reach the peace of mind it takes to fully and deeply love someone else.
To be at peace with yourself, to one yourself is to learn how to love and how to pursue happiness. This step is essential to pursue happiness with someone else; to pursue a life with someone else.

Furthermore, without self love a relationship tends to be based on need for love and affection, need for validation and support. Though these are essential traits of an healthy relationship, they must not be at the root of developing the bond. They must grow gradually and naturally. There must be no emotional dependency on the partner. The other person must never complete you: that you have to do yourself. They can only elevate you, enhance you, help you flourish and grow.

[Irene Kana]

Mark 12:30-31. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'[a] 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these….. In my attempt to answer this question, I will base my response purely on the quoted scripture. I do not believe that it's possible to love someone without loving yourself first. Love requires all your heart, soul, mind and strength, not pick and choose, but give (All). Our love for the next person comes from fully understanding what love is, and what is not. The entire book "Advert of Time"is a reflection and demonstration of the love of God to us. First to himself, then to us. “Do unto others as you like done unto you”, as it is also written, by acting selflessly opens a door to love others as yourself. Any other act will be a selfish act which does not reflect love. You can only give what you have. The possibility of loving another person comes from the love you have for yourself.

[Tristan Outhier]

I think that the only way a person is even capable of loving others is to first love themselves. It may seem self-centered, but if one can't reconcile their feelings for themselves, they will only project that hatred onto others. Even if they show affection or admiration for that person, it would be too shallow to be real love. True love runs deep and is unattainable if you're too busy hating yourself.

[Rashad Deniro Price]

I think one has to love themself first before they can love others. The logic is that we can't really give out what we don't have or comprehend. Someone who doesn't love themself can as well be taken to be someone who is ignorant of what love is or who has removed themself from it.

[Mr Benj]

It is possible to love others without loving yourself; it will reflect in the way you treat yourself, but that practice is not healthy.

[D-řẹäł Odinakachukwu]

It’s possible to care deeply for someone without fully loving yourself, but self-love often enriches and strengthens our love for others. Without self-love, we may struggle with insecurity, boundaries, or acceptance, which can affect how we relate to others. Learning to love ourselves helps us give and receive love more openly and authentically.

[Naterothwrite]

We love ourselves even if we don't like ourselves. Our self-esteem has us assume that we are basically good people who only do bad things because of negative outside influences. We genuinely desire our own good, even if we don't like ourselves for cowardice or deceit etc. Loving others is having that same benefit of the doubt for someone outside of ourselves.

[Brigitta Hegyi]

I don`t think it`s possible to love others without loving yourself first. You have to learn and experience what is love on yourself and then you will know how to control it and share it.

[Amy Luman]

Personally, I think that serving others is loving yourself. When you help others you feel good about yourself and know that you’re doing good and that you are a good person, doing what God desires. All of this makes you love yourself even though i don’t think that is really the point.