I read an article about self-esteem and couldn't help to reevaluate mine. Self-esteem, as defined by Wiki, is the person's overall self-appraisal of his/her own worth. It can be shaped up by various factors such as your experiences, the people around you, illnesses, injuries, your culture, religion and your own insights and beliefs. Of all these, your own beliefs and thoughts play the leading role in building your self-esteem. Self-esteem can be extremely high, negative and the best of all, healthy self-esteem.
People with very high self-esteem believe they are more worthy than others. They can be overconfident, proud and egoistic with impractical views of who and what they are. They think of themselves as superior, who can do better and think better than the rest of the human species.
Negative self-esteem on the other hand could be upsetting too. People with low self-esteem think of themselves as failure (or shall I say a perfectionist who’s anxious to fail), that whatever they do is not good enough. They dwell much on negative feedbacks and even deny positive comments and refuse to acknowledge the compliments they get. They easily feel down, doubt their capabilities, achievement and appearance. They even make pitiless remarks for themselves than to anybody else. There’s also one thing I couldn’t believe it’s a sign of having low self-esteem because, I for sure is guilty of doing such, its apologizing frequently. I didn’t realize that ‘til now.
Now you can absolutely get the idea of what healthy self-esteem is. By having one, you are less prone to suffer depression, guilt and shame or save yourself from mental health disorders for that matter. You can have a strong and honest relationship with people around you rather than being despised. You won’t be walking around hesitantly minding what people think about your hair or your outfit. Or worst, go to a meeting looking completely dumb because you’re too unsure of the things you’re saying even if you had read your speech a hundred times (or even memorize it). Coyness is a product of low self-esteem, you know. On a contrary, a ballooning ego of one’s self is enough to annihilate a tribe of allies. You don’t want to live your life with people thinking you’re a self-centered jerk from planet bitch or a lame altruistic being who ascended from the dead, do you?
People with very high self-esteem believe they are more worthy than others. They can be overconfident, proud and egoistic with impractical views of who and what they are. They think of themselves as superior, who can do better and think better than the rest of the human species.
Negative self-esteem on the other hand could be upsetting too. People with low self-esteem think of themselves as failure (or shall I say a perfectionist who’s anxious to fail), that whatever they do is not good enough. They dwell much on negative feedbacks and even deny positive comments and refuse to acknowledge the compliments they get. They easily feel down, doubt their capabilities, achievement and appearance. They even make pitiless remarks for themselves than to anybody else. There’s also one thing I couldn’t believe it’s a sign of having low self-esteem because, I for sure is guilty of doing such, its apologizing frequently. I didn’t realize that ‘til now.
Now you can absolutely get the idea of what healthy self-esteem is. By having one, you are less prone to suffer depression, guilt and shame or save yourself from mental health disorders for that matter. You can have a strong and honest relationship with people around you rather than being despised. You won’t be walking around hesitantly minding what people think about your hair or your outfit. Or worst, go to a meeting looking completely dumb because you’re too unsure of the things you’re saying even if you had read your speech a hundred times (or even memorize it). Coyness is a product of low self-esteem, you know. On a contrary, a ballooning ego of one’s self is enough to annihilate a tribe of allies. You don’t want to live your life with people thinking you’re a self-centered jerk from planet bitch or a lame altruistic being who ascended from the dead, do you?
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