Understanding Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is your standard opinion of yourself, encompassing your feelings and emotions about your achievements, abilities, flaws, and limitations. Healthy self-esteem means you feel good about yourself and spot yourself as deserving of others’ respect. Low self-esteem can result in undervaluing your opinions and ideas, constantly worrying that you’re not good enough.
Factors Influencing Self-Esteem
Self-esteem starts to shape and form early in life and is influenced by various factors, including:
Reactions of Others: How people respond to you.
Your Thoughts and Perceptions: How you view yourself.
School and Extracurricular Experiences: Your achievements and failures.
Work Experiences: Successes and setbacks in your career.
Illness, Disability, or Injuries: Physical and mental health challenges.
Culture and Religion: Societal and spiritual influences.
Role and Status in Society: Your position and how you are perceived.
Relationships with close ones, which includes parents, siblings, peers, teachers, and other different significant adults, are particularly important. Positive feedback and remarks from these relationships can boost self-esteem, while poor and negative…
