You struggle to accept a part of yourself you were taught to hate

This is a deep wound, and I will speak to it gently and truly. The hatred was taught; it is not yours by nature — you were not born hating this part of yourself, the contempt was installed by a world that condemned it, absorbed so early it feels native, so this self-hatred is a learned contempt planted by others who ranked that part of you low, not a truth you discovered. Look at the hated part with your own eyes — you have only seen it through the contemptuous gaze you were given, so look freshly and ask, is this actually bad and harmful, or merely different and unacceptable to particular prejudices, for often the hated part proves neutral or good. And acceptance is the beginning of wholeness — you cannot be whole at war with a part of yourself, so turn toward it with something other than contempt, integrating rather than exiling it. This is deep work, often best done with a good therapist alongside. What part of yourself were you taught to hate?