Deconstructing Low Self-Esteem
In Boost Your Self-Esteem (2003), John Caunt states that self-esteem issues present themselves in different ways, just about all of which are familiar to me. These include (with a few added thoughts of my own):
- Resenting others’ success
- Feeling like a failure
- Focusing on the negative in any situation
- Allowing even “constructive” criticism to derail us
- Doing things purely to be liked or for approval
- Comparing ourselves continually and to our own detriment with others
- Taking everything too personally
- Giving in to others’ desires
- Changing or arresting behaviour for fear of looking foolish
- Striving for perfection and being angry at not meeting unrealistic expectations
- Worrying excessively, but avoiding seeking help
- Feeling out ...
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