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14 Dec 2019
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What is the difference between I really wanted to beat myself. and I wanted to beat myself from my heart. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between I really wanted to beat myself. and I wanted to beat myself from my heart. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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“I really wanted to beat myself”—you are saying it as if you wanted to physically beat yourself, like give yourself bruises or harm yourself in some way.
“I wanted to beat myself from my heart”—a literal form of saying you were wanting to hurt yourself emotionally. You wanted to hurt your heart and make yourself feel bad, or sad.
But saying “I want to beat myself up” is a good translation for both of those sentences, meaning that you wanted to both hurt yourself physically and emotionally. For example, you may have made someone you love feel unsafe, unwanted or angry—so saying “I want to beat myself up” is a way of saying you wish you never made that person you love feel that way because you would have rather harmed yourself in any other way than hurting them.
I hope this helps!
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@Cheyenne_Teniente Thank you so much!!! I learned a lot from your reply. I appreciate it from my heart^ ^
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