I am aware that I am not the only one that suffers from a large lack of confidence in myself, and that's why I always tend to beat myself up.
I sometimes believe that I'm not kewl enough to have friends like mine, and I sometimes don't have the guts to walk alone home in the way i normally dressed just in case people laugh at me and hurt my self esteem. Mind you, not that they can hurt it anymore that it is.
Most of this is related to my childhood, therefore it's not easy to clear it up unlike if it were more recent cases of bullying. Sometimes it can get me so down, I end up thinking about suicide, or self harming. My girlfriend has stopped me doing this, and my friends help me cheer up, but i can't help but think I'm missing a more valuable part to life that i need to be assertive and put a spine in my back.
I was just wondering, has anyone got any tips for boosting low self-esteem?? I'm just worried that instead of getting better, I'm always going to be blaming everything on myself for the rest of my life, and then becoming more depressed when people hate me for it. If i don't raise it now, it'll be bad for my health....
I'm sorry, I don't mean to whine like this...Dx
I sometimes believe that I'm not kewl enough to have friends like mine, and I sometimes don't have the guts to walk alone home in the way i normally dressed just in case people laugh at me and hurt my self esteem. Mind you, not that they can hurt it anymore that it is.
Most of this is related to my childhood, therefore it's not easy to clear it up unlike if it were more recent cases of bullying. Sometimes it can get me so down, I end up thinking about suicide, or self harming. My girlfriend has stopped me doing this, and my friends help me cheer up, but i can't help but think I'm missing a more valuable part to life that i need to be assertive and put a spine in my back.
I was just wondering, has anyone got any tips for boosting low self-esteem?? I'm just worried that instead of getting better, I'm always going to be blaming everything on myself for the rest of my life, and then becoming more depressed when people hate me for it. If i don't raise it now, it'll be bad for my health....
I'm sorry, I don't mean to whine like this...Dx