Is it normal to hang on to insults for years?
I've had almost no self-esteem for a while now. Looking back, it seems like it started with a guy I "dated" almost seven years ago, who took every opportunity to tell me what an ugly, horrible person I was. Since then I haven't really been able to take any compliments seriously; it always seems like they're playing a cruel joke where they try to convince me that I might be a decent person so that I'll embarrass myself by acting on that. Is it normal to keep holding on to something like this for so long?