Once you said,

I love you.

Then you slapped me,

you punched me,

you shouted at me,

you called me bitch.

you said,

I want to kill you.

I cried.

What is love?

i asked.

Do you love yourself? | A monologue on Love, Violence and Self-Awareness (Trailer 1)

short trailer: do you love yourself?

written and performed by Loredana Denicola

Do you love yourself? is a 9-minute video monologue included in the love, sex and relationships project.

The work was written during a period of an intimate relationship marked by emotional and psychological abuse, and reflects a state of confusion, anxiety, and emotional fragmentation.

The monologue moves through questions around perception, attachment, and the construction of inner narratives.

It reflects on how personal experience is often shaped by inherited psychological patterns, unresolved emotional histories, and forms of dependency. Rather than offering conclusions, the piece unfolds as a subjective attempt to articulate inner conflict and the instability of emotional interpretation.

Special thanks to Riccardo Sai (https://www.mistersai.uk) for video production support and to Luca Previtali (https://www.lucaprevitali.com) for video editing.