Nollywood actor Bolanle Ninalowo has spoken on his healing journey and finding self-love.
The actor, in a social media post, said whenever he hears people say “he loves himself”, it gladdens his heart as it is one of the most fulfilling parts of his existence.
Bolanle said loving and choosing others, people pleasing, over giving, and the extreme codependency he lived with for almost his entire adult life made him realise something during his healing journey, which is that he didn’t know how to love or value himself.
He said what he considered love was attachment.
“When I hear, ‘This man you too love yourself’.
Omo, you have no idea how much it gladdens my heart oo!!
As a matter of fact, it is now one of the most fulfilling parts of my existence.
Loving and choosing others, people-pleasing, over-giving, and the extreme codependency I lived with for almost my entire adult life made me realise something during my healing journey.
I didn’t know how to love or value myself.
What I once called Love was, in many ways, simply attachment”.
