How high is my self esteem?

Are you feeling down and unsure about your worth as a person? Do you often find yourself questioning your abilities and second-guessing your decisions? Well, fear not my friend, for this article will help you determine just how high your self-esteem really is!

Understanding Self-Esteem

Before we can dive into the various indicators of high or low self-esteem, it’s important to first understand what exactly self-esteem entails. In simple terms, self-esteem is essentially our overall evaluation of ourselves as individuals. It encompasses all aspects of our identity – from our physical appearance and abilities to our values and beliefs.

It’s important to note that having high or ‘good’ self-esteem doesn’t necessarily mean always feeling confident in every situation. Rather, it means being able to recognize one’s own strengths while also acknowledging areas for improvement without allowing them to define one’s sense of worth.

With that said, let’s explore some key signs that may indicate a healthy level of self-confidence!

Positive Indicators

Taking Healthy Risks

Take a walk on the wild side! Are you someone who isn’t afraid to try new things or take risks in pursuit of personal growth? If so, chances are you have a relatively healthy level of confidence in yourself and trust in your ability to handle new situations.

People with strong levels of positive self-image are much more likely to embrace change rather than fight it. They challenge themselves regularly instead choosing comfort over growth. And hey – even when mistakes happen (because they do!), these folks possess the resilience necessary bounce back from failure better than their counterparts with lower esteem.

Respecting Yourself And Others

Respecting both oneself and others are key components demonstrating good potential for maintaining higher levels of goodly^1 esteem over time

Individuals slating towards consistently showing respect for themselves by making sure they get enough rest, carving out time for favours to be done and pursuing personal hobbies are setting themselves up for greatness.

Meanwhile, respect toward others can demonstrate an individual’s ability to rise above harmful biases towards other groups – which is a great sign of a well rounded person^2 with strong morals.

Owning Your Accomplishments

Do you celebrate when things go right? Perhaps you even become your own cheerleader! People who report high self-esteem show regular pride in those personal accomplishments. Acknowledging past successes serves as positive reinforcement, raising the potential success rates in future endeavors as it cements essential self concepts favourably in ones mind!

Negative Indicators

Unfortunately, not all behaviors promote goodly esteem ^3; the following may indicate less than stellar levels of confidence:

Comparing Yourself To Others

It’s natural sometimes to compare ourselves or our lives to those around us but doing this habitually whether online or at events more often than not highlights negative features of our situations creates feelings of ‘not measuring up’. Such frequent comparisons contributes towards dragging someone down instead build them upwards over time.

Remember: no one else leads your particular path. For comparison purposes never forget that everyone has their unique stories and experiences two alike persons will encounter different life opportunities along their way leading to divergent outcomes both wonderful!

Catastrophizing Even The Smallest Setbacks

Oh my gosh this is awful, how could I have missed such an easy question?? Though setbacks happen they do NOT define a persons character – remember that!

It can help during small discouragements try breakin’ em down into smaller connected parts thus allowing reflection on only what went wrong without overwhelm or distress which helps determine better solutions. People with poor esteem however might immediately spiral downward interpreting any mishap (big or small) as definitive evidence supporting belief sapping internal messages like “I am just stupid”…But we know you’re not!

Assuming Only Success Looks Like _

Aiming for success on a project or goal is admirable, but it’s important to remember that just because something didn’t go as planned doesn’t necessarily mean its overall lack of merit. A lot can be learned from failure in any form.

Thus when we have fragile faith towards our abilities and self worth, success seems all-or-nothing especially if employed comparison strategies. People with lower esteem – particularly those struggling with perfectionism – might begin reframing struggles (re: mess ups) as evidence they must be problem rather than seeing setbacks were simply an unexpected delay

This type of impassioned reasoning eventually leads to quitting before even beginning which keeps ones soul stunted without growth opportunity ultimately leading them away from potential happiness in life.

Conclusion

There you have it folks, a series of prominent signs and indicators that may indicate the status your esteemed confidence…or maybe these behaviors are completely fine depending upon the given context!

Remembering positive signals such as “owning accomplishments”, respecting yourself/others while maintaining psychological good health throughout lifes many twists n turns promotes building one’s well-being over time cementing strong ideas around ones sense-of-self irrespective of external factors…and THAT friends should hold some weight wouldn’t ya agree?

Though no perfect single pathway exists facilitating continuous state characterized by ‘goodly’ esteem it becomes more attainable through diligent practice incorporating healthy habits like regular exercise, community involvements & hobbies embedded within day-to-day routines shaping bright new selves every day!

Asterisks represent phrases intended for emphasis.

References:

  1. Goodly- Defined herein means satisfactory levels
  2. Well-rounded person- individuals possessing sound interpersonal relationship skills amongst other soft-skills.
  3. Esteem-Elevating Behaviors

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