Low Self-Esteem

The term ‘self-esteem’ is used to reflect a person’s opinion of their own worth. An individual with high self-esteem will feel confident and worthy, whereas an individual with low self-esteem will feel unready for life, or feel wrong as a person. Low self-esteem feeds off negative thoughts and may also lead to feelings of depression and hopelessness. Thinking negatively about yourself may cause you to question your right to happiness.

Suffering from low self-esteem can affect any area of our lives. It can take over and make the smallest of tasks feel we’re trying to tackle a huge mountain of problems. It blocks real success and the inner-balance in our lives in a distressing way that is both debilitating and persistent. It doesn't matter that we have enough, or even more than enough money and/or family and friends around us.

The symptoms are not difficult to recognise. But can you recognise them in yourself? You may be easily hurt by criticism and hide your feelings from others. You may feel everything that goes wrong is your fault. Or perhaps you feel you’re not as good as others or are afraid of failure and think you’re underachieving. These feelings can lead to anxiety and stress which make any situation much more difficult to handle. It can also seriously impair your academic and job performance and if left unchecked it becomes a vicious circle of anxiety and self-loathing.

Childhood years are considered important when establishing our self-esteem. Family and school experiences are important at this time as their influence teaches us how to feel and act. Development of high self-esteem as a child is less likely to cause destructive behaviour later in life. Constant criticism or unrealistically high standards may eventually lead to low self-esteem in the child which is carried in to adulthood.

Counselling or cognitive therapy have been used to help sufferers of low self-esteem. This treatment aims to stop negative thoughts and recognise and appreciate good qualities.

Julia Nestler, author of ‘How To Find The Ultimate Secrets To Your Self-esteem’, believes that the answer to raising your self-esteem ‘is inside you’. It is possible to learn how to recognise your positive qualities and build on them to eliminate your feelings of guilt and self-doubt. Her program is based on individually designed self-improvement techniques for raising your self-esteem leading to success, happiness and inner-balance.

For more information about Julia Nestlers self-improvement techniques visit http://tinyurl.com/Secrets-To-Your-Self-esteem