I know I need to love myself before I am ever loved fully and completely, but I want to know how can I love myself?

Without going into lots of detail my childhood was not always tulips and rainbows. I had a father that called me "thunder thighs" and uncles that enjoyed making fun of my "plump" but "curvy" body as I started to grow from a girl into a young lady at an early age.

I did not date much in high school. I was always "one of...