Low self esteem?!
Question: How do you raise a low self esteem? WITHOUT seeing a doctor? I have low self esteem and its a problem because it makes it hard for me to make new friends. Any tips?
Answers: How do you raise a low self esteem? WITHOUT seeing a doctor? I have low self esteem and its a problem because it makes it hard for me to make new friends. Any tips?
make a list of all the things that you like about yourself. They all have to be positive things like your strong, intelligent, beautiful. Make a list of all these positive things about yourself every morning and every night. Cheer up! Once people see how up beat and friendly you are you will be much more approachable. Hope I helped!
I have been there too! like the girl b 4 me said, make a list of things you like about you, and don;t let anyone tell you different. Also hang out with good people. Starting with people you may go to church with. If you have with good people that don't judge you and don't care too then you will improve immensely. Also be happy with who you are and not pretend to be something you are not be something you can't be
Facing the unknown, giving yourself permission to fail and knowing it is okay.
Low self esteem can stem from so many factors it is not even funny. So break it down to what is important first and work on that. For example first thing is to like who you are. To be confident in who you are and what you do. So start by learning something you are interested in and know that it is okay if you mess up. Give yourself permission to not be perfect and know that the world is not going to come to an end if you do not master something.
Take at look at the kind of people you are wanting to make friends and with and ask yourself, do you really want to be friends with them because they are great people? Or do you want to be friends with them because they are apart of that "in crowd". Maybe the people you are choosing to make friends with really do not deserve your friendship and are the ones that is keeping you from realizing your true potential?
Get involved in your community, volunteer some where helping out and learning. All of this will help you with self esteem as well as meeting new people and learning about yourself and those around you.
If someone asks you to go skating and you don't know how, don't make an excuse to say no. Instead let them know you always wanted to learn to skate but never had a chance too. Understand you might fall when learning but part of that experience is learning to laugh at yourself as well. Old saying learn to laugh at your self and the whole world laughs with you not at you =)
Hope this helps some, good luck
Unfortunately it has to come from within. There are so many people out there with a problem such as yours. This doesn't help you much but know that you are not alone. Two things- * pretend to be an actor and when you speak with people "act" the fact that you are positive and self confident. We all see other people present in different ways but do we really know what's going on inside their heads? Write down some affirmations.........a couple of things that you like about yourself and include that "I am a good person and of value to myself others'. Put this list somewhere you can see it each morning...maybe near the mirror so you can read it a few times when you are putting on your make-up or whatever.
Good luck!
aww I am sorry to hear that! I once had really low self esteem too, but I think as I grew up I started to look at myself a lot differently and with a lot more confidence. Listen you just have to get yourself out there and be the person you are, and want to be!! If you want to be the loud and crazy friend, or the serious friend or the bitchy friend..BE IT!!! heehee I have some of those but those are my gurls and I love them!!
If people dont like you for what you are ten you need to move on and find people who will appreciate you for you!!! AND this will def help boost you up!! make you feel good about yourself..
We all need human interaction and but that I mean positive people! You are probably felling low because you dont really know who you are yet and man it takes time and living life. Also when you put yourself out there as a low esteemed person, depressed, and all that it really makes people turn and look the other way!!
Be and stay positive!!! we only live once...LOVE YOUR LIFE!!! and MAKE IT WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE!! BE HAPPY !!! its tough I know and somedays will not be as good as others but that is what makes life a great experience!!!! LIVE LOVE LAUGH ALWAYS!!!
go on a trip somewhere . if you live in the usa go on a UMARMY trip its a church trip you go to towns an help ppl old or young an build things for them for a week its a blast . idk maybe its just a south thing but it workd for me.
God bless ya
The first thing you should understand is that this may never go away. Pretending as if your low self-esteem doesnt exist is not the best way to counter the issue. IMO I would advise you to get to know yourself. Knowledge of self is the quickest way to recovery from low-self esteem. I find that people who have low self-esteem are completely unaware of the impact they have on people lives and the impact those people have on OTHER people's lives and so on and so on and..... Know that you are a part of existence and what you do determines the outcome of humanity and if ever people judge you dont forget that you KNOW you better then they do :D