I want to like myself

Perhaps start by trying to acknowledge to yourself that however weak, pathetic, & inferior you may feel, you’re not worthy of hatred? Weakness isn’t a justification for hatred. It’s where we all start from, and the state we all ultimately return to. There are far worse things to be than weak, though I know it doesn’t feel that way, because of how society treats weakness. Whatever you can build upon that base can become a source of pride. Try to avoid comparing yourself to who you feel you should be. Instead, view yourself based on who you were yesterday. Whatever little progress you have made in that time is a credit to you, and a reason to value yourself.

I say this as someone who has allowed persistent feelings of inferiority and self-hatred to drive him to somewhere far darker, where now others would be genuinely justified in hating me. It’s made it so much harder to move forward, with that always hanging over me. I wish I could go back to when I was at zero, when I just felt weak, pathetic, and inferior, so that I could build myself up and move forward without my past constantly dragging me down. The effort and progress I’ve made in the last decade has all been undermined by that. If you can avoid going down that path, then you owe it to yourself.