~~Not that I really have a “character” in the first place HAHAhah anyways~~

I’m working on DBT self help with [https://www.amazon.com/Dialectical-Behavior-Therapy-Skills-Workbook/dp/1572245131](this book). Everything in this book so far, I can actually see myself practicing daily... 

Except for these “self-afferming thoughts/statements”. I can’t imagine thinking most of these about myself. “I love myself”? “I am a good person”? “I accept myself”? What?

It makes me cringe thinking about feeling this way. I DON’T accept myself, I’m a toxic person, and that’s why I know about DBT in the first place. I dislike myself by default, and deep down, that self-hate is always there. So even when I try to think this way, my mind just knows I’m lying to myself, and starts trying to counter it.

Has anyone else had this experience? Is there anyone here that has gotten better at accepting themselves?