Do you have a low self-esteem?

Do you have a low self-esteem?

  • Yes

    Votes: 209 84.3%
  • No

    Votes: 16 6.5%
  • Not sure

    Votes: 23 9.3%

  • Total voters
    248

DespairSoul

Well-known member
Hey, if i would count from 10 points down i have -10 self-esteem thats mean i dont have any. I idealize only others and me i take like worthless nobody. If i would have self-esteem i will not have SA! Some bright days i have but i can count then on one hand.
 
Although I am old enough to know and understand the various situations in my life that have produced my pitiful low self-esteem, I am yet to find a lasting method that will improve it!?:confused:
 

lunarla

Well-known member
Not really sure. Obvious answer would be yes, but it definitely wavers. But I guess if whatever self esteem I do have can be crumbled by such minuscule things/anything, then it's not very high at all. But thing is, I have a lot of self respect, for whatever that's worth.
 

missjesss

Banned
I think this problem makes u have low self esteem bcoz before my panic attacks I was never this bad and could function and go back to study I never knew I had s.a until after I got panic attacks now that I know I have it seems to be alot worse coz its always in the back of ur mind ;-9 and yes I feel the most inadequate around females of my age and attractive ppl
 

Forgotten-Children

Well-known member
Well, my self-esteem is VERY SLOWLY growing so I don't fee as bad about myself compared to how I felt in school. Really my low self-esteem was caused by being bullied becase when I first entered school as a little kid, I was just shy but I didn't think badly of myself until I was told that I was ugly by the other students...
 

Emmaa

Well-known member
Yes.. That's one of the reasons I just joined this forum today.. First forum I've ever joined but it's amazing to find other people that have similar issues to mine!
 
I used to think mine was healthy, but lately I've been facing the reality. I hate myself, and have zero confidence in my abilities.
 

Phoenixx

Well-known member
Most days I have very low self-esteem (Today was another one of those days :/ ). Some days though I feel like I'm on top of the world. I just wish I felt that way all the time.

Yes.. That's one of the reasons I just joined this forum today.. First forum I've ever joined but it's amazing to find other people that have similar issues to mine!

Welcome Emma :) It is nice to know that there are other people out there that have very similar problems so you don't totally feel alone.
 

WeirdyMcGee

Well-known member
People seem to think I'm pretending that I hate every aspect of myself for some reason... but yes-- I have low self esteem and I always have. Dispite my parents being very supportive in everything I've wanted to do--- being a target of bullying since I started interacting with other children as a toddler really messed up my self image.

I automatically class myself as fat, ugly, stupid, worthless because I was told for so long that I was all of those things. I look in the mirror and feel disgust at the person that I see - at myself. I really make myself feel sick and upset by how ****ty of a person I am.

Can't take a compliment seriously, can't really believe that anything a person says about me might be true.

I guess I'm probably quite close to having body dysmorphic disorder?
I wouldn't even go so far as to think that though... because I'm sure that everything I think about myself must be true and has to be what everyone else sees and thinks about me.
very low self esteem. always. BUT even 'ugly', 'fat', 'stupid', 'worthless' people can become successful. just not me.
 

LazyHermitCrab

Well-known member
yea and everyone else knows too just by listening to me, i don't see how i'll ever have high self esteem.. it might be permanently low :(
 

JamesSmith

Well-known member
I'm still having trouble understanding what two things are: self-esteem and confidence. As for self-esteem, I know that my self-esteem isn't low because I can name strong qualities that I have. But at the same time, I know that I also have bad qualities. So I guess you could say I have both high self-esteem and low self-esteem.
 

Minty

Well-known member
I think I have self-esteem down. I don't have any confidence, though.

I think self-esteem is valuing yourself. Confidence is the belief that you can do anything you set your mind to.

I value who I am and that's why I try to work on myself, so I can be the best version of myself. Sometimes I fail, but I don't put myself down because it's only natural to fail every once in a while. It's proof that I'm human. But deep down inside, even though I think I'm an okay person, I don't believe I'm capable of doing what most people can do. Like giving a speech in class or tackling a job interview.

I think people can be valuable without being good at anything, so no, I'm not contradicting myself.
 

totoro

Well-known member
yep. low self-esteem + low self confidence = sad, lonely and miserable existence for me
 

GillyMarie

Active member
I think everyone with SA has low self-esteem. I am desperately trying to find me some of that self-esteem for the strength to carry on.
 
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