My Journey Of Mental Health: Self-Esteem, Career and a Whole Lot More!

Walid Desouky
4 min readNov 16, 2022

Anyone who has ever been through a difficult phase in their life can attest to the difficulty of recovering from it. In most cases, one gets over the rough patches with time and a positive outlook. However, what if the mental trauma caused by that experience was not something that you could get over? What if, instead, you went through it again and again? The answer to this lies in your ability to recover from self-esteem issues. As we grow older, we tend to look at our past experiences as something negative. We understand that there were good things about them too, but looking back at them makes us feel inferior. That is where self-esteem issues come into play. Self-esteem is more than just how you view yourself; it is also the level of confidence you have in yourself. If you lack confidence in your abilities or talents, then a lack of self-esteem issues will show up now and then — making everything seem pointless and useless to you. Everyone needs to have high self-esteem so as not to let any external factors bring them down or make them feel less worthy than they should be.

What Is Self-Esteem?

Self-esteem is the feeling of loving and accepting yourself as you are. It is your level of self-worth. People with high self-esteem feel good about themselves and like they have value and…

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