Self-Loathing
is counterproductive
even if you are right;
perhaps then especially so.

Seek always to improve thyself.

When you catch a glimpse of your Shadow,
do not run and hide behind a facade of more Shadow,
take the ******* initiative and integrate your Shadow.
You can never escape it; you'd best learn to live with it.
To ignore it is to amplify it,
to feed it is to be consumed.

To embrace it is to to be augmented.

The choice is yours.