Talk:Self-love

1. In case the editor wants again to revert this page to include a wiki-link to Merriam Webster dictionary in the full text instead of as a reference footnote, why? Is this article about reference materials and sources or the varieties of debate surrounding the concept the dictionary or thesaurus are used to start this entry?

2. Self-love played an immense role in Ghandi’s campaign and other post-colonialist political theory and philosophy to liberate the Indian caste mentality that accepted the British colonial project like an advanced caste, ergo, internalized self-loathing in contrast to self-love, self-respect, self-determination, etc. While I do not have time to go into similar ideas used by Malcom X, Black Panthers, Arundati Roy, Edward Saïd, Hakim Bey, et al, the PRIVILEDGING of only a very small faction of western sources (like excluding Aristotle & even Christ’s own adoption of the formula that to possess philia, one must first posses philautia & balance both justified / reconciled with one another (sources Thomas Kiefer on U of Chicago Press late ‘90s or early 2000s close reading and new translation of A’s ethics & Elaine Pagels’ NyTIMES book critics circle award winning summary commentary translation & introduction to the Gnostic Gospels) and EXcLUDiNG these necessary uses of self-love in the Indian context (1/3rd of human population) is racist ethnocentrism just as excluding pride parades asks the question of this page possibly being homophobic.. why keep an irrelevant link to Merriam Webster and delete those absolutely relevant and critical links?!?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100E:B047:E16E:A920:6258:CFDC:3ED8 (talk) 15:07, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

self-love is liking yourself, being proud and feeling somewhat accomplished with who you are. it is essentially liking what you see when you look in a mirror. narcissism is liking yourself to a certain extent, like an obsession. a self-obsession can most definitely be called narcissism, especially if it has reached the point where you tend to shun others away and focus on yourself. i would say that selfishness can come into play with narcissism. ~2026-41706-66 (talk) 09:58, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

self love v narcissism

it is still quite similar to narcissism. You can have healthy narcissism and unhealthy narcissism. Same with self-love. Sam Vaknin's book "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" equates malignant self love with malignant narcissism.--Penbat (talk) 12:16, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Self love is NOT narcissism

Narcissism is vanity. Self-love is liking yourself. If Narcissism and Self-love were the same thing, and Narcissism was considered bad, we'd hate ourselves. Iamemmie (talk) 01:52, 16 January 2011 (UTC)

Well,it depends,is it healthy or unhealthy narcissism?healty narcissism can be related to self-love. Applethetherian12 (talk) 23:10, 23 June 2025 (UTC)

There were articles on the Self-Love page but someone took them down. Here is an article that describes the difference between Self-love and narcissism. http://www.bravenewkitty.com/?p=377 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cosmicbuffet (talk • contribs) 15:41, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

Self love IS self-esteem

Self-love is not the quite the same thing as narcissism, but it really needs to be merged in with self-esteem. It's basically an older term used to describe positive self-esteem. Macfrugal (talk) xx:xx, 13 June 2012 (UTC)

Distinction with narcissism

The distinction is not explicitly made. Self-love can confusingly mean bad self-love of your perfectionist false self, or good self-love of your true authentic self. Bad self-love of your perfectionist false self is narcissism. The hippy self-love thing is about good self-love of your true authentic self. See also true self and false self.--Penbat (talk) 11:33, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Self-Esteem, Self-Love listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Self-Esteem, Self-Love. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 08:52, 20 July 2019 (UTC)

Lack of References?

The entire History section has a single reference. Does anyone have the sources used to write it, and can add them?? Mastakos (talk) 19:13, 22 June 2025 (UTC)

self-love and narcissism are distinctively different

self-love is liking yourself, being proud and feeling somewhat accomplished with who you are. it is essentially liking what you see when you look in a mirror. narcissism is liking yourself to a certain extent, like an obsession. a self-obsession can most definitely be called narcissism, especially if it has reached the point where you tend to shun others away and focus on yourself. i would say that selfishness can come into play with narcissism. ~2026-41706-66 (talk) 09:59, 27 July 2026 (UTC)