Self pity

I was going through a box of notes and I found these on self-pity. I'm sure these thoughts are not original to me, so I don't take credit for them.

Self-pity is the result of unhealed wounds and ungrieved losses. It keeps us stuck in the unresolved past so that we cannot see God's glory now nor have a positive future vision.

Manifestations of the unbroken cycle of self-pity can be, but are not limited to:

• Accusing God
• Fatherlessness
• Feeling abandoned
• Feeling lost
• Self-defensiveness
• Rebellion to authority
• Unteachable
• "No one really understands me"
• No hope of healing or restoration
• Religiosity replaces genuine spirituality
• Martyr complex
• becoming a slave to comfort

What's the solution?

• The fellowship of His sufferings
• His resurrection power in our lives
• God's love
• Processing each negative thought through God's love
• Seeing life through God's love
• Experiencing liberty