@caroleeuits- Good morning and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You are a brave lady who has also learned how to make the most of your incredible journey. You are correct in distinguishing between acceptance and appreciation for oneself. Appreciation happens before acceptance because you have to know who you are (knowing your full worth, good and bad) before you can accept it! Boy was this a tough one for me. Self-worth is placing a value on yourself- are you a good person? Are you a bad person? Self-esteem is based on comparing yourself to others, do you feel inferior or superior. These are all factors that we need to include in our maturing years of hopefully accepting ourselves. Through all of my years, I have learned that this is my journey and I can continue in self-loathing and depression and anger or have a hell of a time with myself. What gifts have come about after your traumatic brain injury?

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