Yes, Ellen White does teach that only looking to yourself leads to discouragement. She repeatedly warns against self-focus, self-pity, and studying one's own emotions, stating that these habits can weaken faith, destroy courage, and lead to gloom and discouragement. Instead, she counsels to look away from self and focus on Christ and the needs of others. Here are some direct statements from her writings: - "It is not wise to look to ourselves and study our emotions. If we do this, the enemy will present difficulties and temptations that weaken faith and destroy courage. Closely to study our emotions and give way to our feelings is to entertain doubt and entangle ourselves in perplexity. We are to look away from self to Jesus." (Ministry of Healing, p. 249.4) - "You have felt too much that it was a virtue to shut yourself away from the family, and brood over your unhappy thoughts and unhappy experience, gathering thorns, and taking satisfaction in wounding yourself with them... in the faithful performance of duty, you will forget yourself and will not have time to muse and become gloomy, and feel disagreeable and unhappy." (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, p. 330.2) - "It is not wise to gather together all the unpleasant recollections of a past life,—its iniquities and disappointments,—to talk over them and mourn over them until we are overwhelmed with discouragement. A discouraged soul is filled with darkness, shutting out the light of God from his own soul and casting a shadow upon the pathway of others." (Steps to Christ, p. 117.3) These statements confirm that Ellen White taught that focusing only on oneself leads to discouragement, and she encourages looking to Christ and serving others as the remedy. References: - White, E. G. (1905). The Ministry of Healing, p. 249.4. - White, E. G. (1875). Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, p. 330.2. - White, E. G. (1892). Steps to Christ, p. 117.3.