15 reasons why people deny themselves happiness

Many people find themselves attributing self-worth to a prerequisite such as "I will be happy when I lose weight." Every time you put restrictions on your happiness, you push it further away — and end up striving for perfection instead. We look for permission from others that it's okay to be comfortable in our own skins, but that permission can only come from within. It's not about avoiding our insecurities, but encountering and overriding them. I've been on a Brene Brown kick recently, and I'...