How do we define self-esteem?
You can say that you have good self-esteem if you
1. Accept yourself even of you don´t always succeed the way you have planned.
2. Like yourself along the way while you try to develop personally
3. Like yourself and think you are worthwhile even when you get left by someone or a relationship ends. (Read more in Boosting self-esteem for dummies).
Remember that all of us have our ups and downs in life and sometimes we experience unpleasant feelings like fear, grief, sadness etc. You can have good self-esteem even thoguh you experience these feelings since they are normal and a part of life. As I have said before the psyche likes balance, so a balance between nice and less nice feelings is normal. (Of course it´s hadr to get the exact balance but it´s good to think this way to get a clue about where you are striving). It´s not bad to experience negative feelings but you have a problem if you get stuck in the negative feelings and if you experience them a lot more percentally than pleasant feelings.
Cognitive Behavior Psychologist Monica Emanell
www.kbtemanell.se
How do we define self-esteem?
You can say that you have good self-esteem if you
1. Accept yourself even of you don´t always succeed the way you have planned.
2. Like yourself along the way while you try to develop personally
3. Like yourself and think you are worthwhile even when you get left by someone or a relationship ends. (Read more in Boosting self-esteem for dummies).
Remember that all of us have our ups and downs in life and sometimes we experience unpleasant feelings like fear, grief, sadness etc. You can have good self-esteem even thoguh you experience these feelings since they are normal and a part of life. As I have said before the psyche likes balance, so a balance between nice and less nice feelings is normal. (Of course it´s hadr to get the exact balance but it´s good to think this way to get a clue about where you are striving). It´s not bad to experience negative feelings but you have a problem if you get stuck in the negative feelings and if you experience them a lot more percentally than pleasant feelings.
Cognitive Behavior Psychologist Monica Emanell
www.kbtemanell.se