Topic: Dealing with low self-esteem (Read 340 times)

Of course, it is a mental problem. Actually, in the most of the cases I have seen from people who have claimed to have self-edteem problems or showed symptoms of not having a healthy self-esteem, those were people who were going to some kind of psychiatric treatment (antidepressants mostly), which would imply low self-esteem in many cases is to the cause of the problems, but actually a consequense which comes from more embedded issues (which are not so understood by people around those who suffer from anxiety or depression).

The best way to deal with it is to first try to reach out to people one can trust and talk about what one feels about one's own being and the intrusive thoughts on our worth. After building up some trust and talking about our problems, then it would be time to sell for professional help and visit a psychologist or psychiatrist. Even though mental problems and the consumption of medications of that sort is highly stigmatized, it is no excuse to allow our situation to get worse than already could be.

Just my two satoshis on this matter.

Never lose hope.

First of all learn to respect yourself.  If you can't respect yourself, others won't respect you either.  Why should you consider yourself inferior to other people?  You know you are good and your lifestyle is better than other people but why should you suffer inferiority.  Enjoying inferiority is no longer a question.  If you can't respect yourself, you can't respect other people.  Seeing yourself as inferior to others is also a kind of mental problem

When dealing with low self-esteem, it is important to be nice to yourself. Self-compassion is the discipline of acknowledging and embracing our defects and imperfections with tenderness and compassion rather than harsh opinion. It's not about being complacent or not wanting to grow, but about being kind to ourselves when we make errors or fall short of our goals. We may be as kind to ourselves as we would to a friend or loved one.
A relatively easy method to start practicing self-compassion is by using empowering statements such "I am worthy of love." However, it's not just about self-esteem, but also about the pressure to live up to society standards and expectations, since this may be so overpowering that it leads individuals to lose sight of who they really are and what they truly want.

Yeah low self seteem is something we can not do without,but we can eradicate it by developing our self also and above all develop your intellectual quocient and lean to be bold to speak for your self,why because low self esteem can kill your abition because it comes with fear,so people with low self esteem should try and develop them self in what they love doing believe God,and stop thinking about your background God does not look at your bckground to bless you.

You're right, low self-esteem can be very damaging for children when they grow up, but unfortunately they experience it because of the attitude of adults towards them when they were children, how many adults prefer smart, beautiful, handsome children or from families with a good economy and ignoring poor children and so on so that they are formed into rejected individuals so that they become low self-esteem.
Parents or adults must be able to accept children or young people in all circumstances and provide support for them to develop into confident individuals.

Low self esteem is really something we should take critical measures to eradicate from our society as it is really telling negatively on the children of this generation, low self esteem can make a child so timid and naive is not properly attended to, which will deny the child a chance to socialize and interact with friends which might have been of great help and benefit to her in one way to the other.
Low self esteem can kill the dream in a child in such away that the child won't leave up to expectation as compared to when he was to socialize and know period.

People with low self-esteem are some of the luckiest people in the world. Why? They don't have that much pride. It is pride that often makes people fail... Proverbs 16:18:
Pride has to do with thinking of one's self in ways that are lies. Low self-esteem has to do with humility, the realization that one has little strength.

The best thing for people of low self-esteem to do is to call to God for help. God listens to all people. He will help the truly humble (low self-esteem) people to be stronger, for real.

Whoever you are, if you have low self-esteem, look at the gift God has given you that you are humble. Turn to Him with your whole heart, and He will lift you up, and He will maintain you, as long as you remain humble with Him. Consider Micah 6:8:

Few of the ways we can deal with low self esteem are

1.Is to equip Oneself With the right and useful information and skills,
 
The Holy Bible did advice that we study to show ourselves approved, that a workman that needs not to be ashamed will rightly dividing the word of truth,

  the first step is to get the right information and skills and equip ourselves with a lot of it

2.Second step Is to learn how to express ourselves with few words and a display of bold and friendly charisma by mimicking the people that we fancy their pattern of speech delivery,  it will help in shaping us to find our own pattern

3. Thirdly is to place value on oneself by setting out personal goals and achieving them ,

Succeeding in life in different fields helps to get rid of our low self-esteem because success will put you on the spotlight and you will become a beacon that people will look up to and that will increase your value in the society.

These will help to reduce your low self esteem.  Thanks

You are right about looking for ways to improve but how many of those with low self esteem will want to go that extra mile to improve themselves. They will rather want to stay and remain in their shells. It is worse when i see grownup men with families acting scared before others because they have lost their sense of worth. Low self esteem is a destroyer.

Remember, that human beings are actually fragile creatures. human weakness is actually not only in terms of physical, but also mental. humans have innate traits from birth, humans always face critical conditions that often lead to depression, despair, as well as taint and sinful acts. humans are destined to be in a state of lamentation. humans are destined as creatures, places of wrong and forget.

This indicates that no human is perfect on this earth. no matter how strong, great, will experience a decrease due to situations and circumstances or association. in the context of this discussion is, Dealing with low self-esteem. and I think, this is one example that I say that humans are weak creatures. and this can happen to anyone, even when we are in the lowest point in life.

And like the points Op said, a way to build high self-confidence by upholding self-respect with sheer determination. I just want to add.  as weak creatures, both physically and psychologically, humans have the opportunity to improve these weaknesses. human reason is an advantage that can be used to overcome in any case, especially for dealing with low self-esteem. at least, there is effort to be made. build positive relationships, hang out with the right people, ask questions, even discuss with someone who is over in this field.  with common sense, a person will do something to correct his weakness. so that he is free from low self-esteem.

I discovered that people with low self esteem are easily angered because little things gets to them. I was like that until I begin to love and care for myself more. I don't let people's opinions about me define who I am. I am good just the way I am.

While growing up, I had low self esteem due to my complexion. I was able to deal with mine when I got to love and not take people's opinion or word about me to heart.
I'm very proud I overcame mine.

It depends on the way we accept it and how it's been applicable to us, low esteem could come in different forms and in most cases we feels inferior about ourselves in certain situations or conditions in life and deprived ourselves from that right to push forward to defend ourselves out of the situation or to make a change, we must not let low esteem get us out of luck and our right to living freely and getting fulfilled, in the same vein we must not as well get too much overconfidence in ourselves because it may lead to pride, but the worst we could do on ourselves is to remain silent when our voice is needed to be heard or talk to much when we needed to be silent.

Dealing with low self-esteem you have to let go of those your regret full life of the past and focus on the present.
Low self-esteem can cause someone to involve in evil act,it can make someone to look not responsible and it will lead you to limit yourself from your peers too.
Dealing with low self-esteem it should start from your heart first and also watch the kine of peers you are with.
You can deal with low self-esteem when you are always keeping yourself busy, try not to be alone and also try not to get close to fake friends too because they can make you move from up to down.

Making yourself a good room to study books on how to fight it from our life today,regardless to what ever you think that bothers yourself try not to be alone always.you need to go how and have fun with others and now the social media has made it best to us to see everything easier.you can just go in to your phone and try to watch tiktok and some other valuable web the make people laugh and so on.

Another way to handle your self Esteem is to get committed to self development and growth. You have a low self esteem because you do not feel good about yourself and your status. You can feel better by committing to improve yourself in those areas that you have identified needs improvement, be it your finance, exposure, social life etc. Having sufficient money to afford whatever you want is a morale booster that improves your self esteem, if you have a poor financial status, you will need to work on it.

Environmental factors are primarily responsible for low self-esteem; I was a victim of this years ago, and I must tell you, it was a terrible experience. I think parents should do more to engage their children in public speaking from an early age. I know this will help boost every child's self-esteem.

Excessive negative thoughts can make a person worse off. he felt that he was worthless and completely useless. because of that, he often hurt himself by telling himself that he was useless. from those words came the thought of committing suicide because he felt he was so unfit to live.

when in fact what he said was wrong. everyone has their own advantages and disadvantages. Never compare our life with others. because different people have different storylines in their life.

if we observe our surroundings, all have their own abilities. be yourself.

if you are too negative in life then you will not be able to find happiness. positive and grateful everything will be beautiful.

we can't please everyone. because not everyone likes the same things, and not everyone hates the same things.

"Follow what our own hearts say, not follow the hearts of others"

"The way to live a delicious life is not to see the pleasures of others"

Low self-esteem is associated before or after more forceful mental situations, so although it is true they are pathologies that are treated and can be controlled, it is a complex mental state.

And in this sense, it is difficult to diagnose or know that you have low self-esteem, it does not come alone and it is easy to confuse it with other situations that usually end up in the diagnosis of your friend, your partner or mistakenly the same person.

In the long run, the classic recommendation of going to a specialist ends up being the best, but depending on where you are from or even your culture, people end up rejecting consulting an expert.

Most times, low self esteem can be attributed to lack of funds and resources, maybe you are not doing well financially and you see a friend of yours doing well you now become intimidated there by reducing your own self confidence and self esteem.
Low self esteem can also be caused by constantly staying away from people, most reserved persons normally have low self esteem, even in marriages constant abuses towards your partner can take away his self confidence.
Parents have a part to play in restoring that self confidence in their children,  couples have the same part to play in restoring the self confidence in their partners, friends have a part to play in restoring the self confidence of our friends. You and I have a part to play in restoring the self esteem of others by not looking down on anyone. Respect should be served amongst us

Low self esteem can affect every part of one's life.However, by taking care of yourself, you may raise your self-esteem and lessen the impact it has on your day-to-day activities.

Self-affirming and self-care practices are not universal. Some things to try are:

using positive affirmations while in a state of mindfulness and meditation to let go of the past and cease worrying about the future daily journaling, self-care, use of stress-reduction methods like deep breathing, and physical exercise.