How To Deal With Low Self-Esteem

Believe it or not, self-esteem is very important for our well-being. It helps you in so many aspects of your life.

New self-esteem has never been really high. To be honest some days I barely have self-esteem at all. Ever since I was a young girl I have been dealing with a really low self-esteem. My self-esteem was never really my best friend. It would betray me every time I started feeling good about myself.

Whenever my low self-confidence would strike, I would try to push it back, lock it in a drawer and forget about it. But that’s not how you deal with it.

The first thing you have to do to control your self-esteem is to stop listening to other people. People would always tell me that I was too thin or that I was putting on weight, that I shouldn’t wear this or do that. That would make my self-esteem drop like crazy and at some point, I decided that it had to stop.

Other people shouldn’t rule how I felt about myself. I stopped listening to what they would say about my appearance. Sometimes there’s still one thing or two that pass the barrier and yes it hurts. But I try not to care because, deep down, they’re just projecting their own insecurities on you. It’s really about them and not about you.

Secondly, if you’re not happy with your physically appearance you can change it, as long as you are responsible and do it properly. I wasn’t happy about my body and I decided to start exercising. Little by little I see improvements. My body is still not where I want it to be but it’s getting there slowly. With a healthy diet and a good work out plan you can achieve your goal. Just be careful. Don’t stop eating and exercising like crazy. The goal is to feel good with your body, not to get to an unhealthy point.

Also, those voices in your head that tell you you’re not good enough and you won’t amount to anything… they don’t know anything. You shouldn’t listen to them. You can achieve whatever you want if you work for it. Just remember that.

"Believe you can and you're halfway there." Theodore Rosevelt.