Steps to
improve self - donfidence
Feeling down about yourself
is one of the manycharacteristics of low self-esteem. Learning about
its causes, and taking practical steps to build your
self-esteem, can help to overcome your negative thoughts. But if you feel like
nothing's working, there is also professional support available.
Signs of low self-esteem
It’s totally normal for people to feel
down about themselves from time to time, but when these feelings start to hang
around all the time it’s usually an indication of low self-esteem. If you have
low self-esteem it means that you have negative ideas about your worth and
value as a person. There are various signs of low self-esteem, including:
· Being
really critical of yourself
· Focusing
on the negatives and ignoring your accomplishments
· Comparing
yourself to others
· Not
accepting any compliments that you receive
· Negative
self-talk
Causes of low self-esteem
The first step to building up
self-esteem is figuring out why it’s low in the first place. There are lots of
different things that could be the cause of low self-esteem, including:
· Loneliness
· Poor
academic performance
· Bullying
· Neglect
· Abuse
· Feeling
like you’re the odd one out
· Being
unemployed
· Something
going on at a deeper level
Sometimes
it can be hard to identify what the cause of your low self-esteem is. It might
be something that you’ve never really thought about, or maybe it’s too
difficult to determine when it first started. Whether or not you know exactly
what the cause is, there are steps that you can take to build your confidence
and bring your self-esteem up to where it belongs.
Steps to improve low
self-esteem
1. Positive self-talk
The way that you think about yourself has a huge influence on
your self-esteem. If you keep telling yourself that you’re no good, you might
just start to believe it even though it’s not true. If you notice that you
practice negative self-talk often,
check out some ways that you can challenge your negative
thinking and build your confidence levels.
2.
Don’t compare yourself to others
It
can be really tempting to measure our own worth against other people. So what
if your friend is awesome at table tennis and gets great marks? You just need
to figure out what your niche is. Everyone is great at something - what are
your strengths?
3.
Exercise
Exercise
helps to improve your mood. End of story.
4.
Don’t strive for perfection
It’s
really great if you want to do things well, but keep in mind that perfection
isn’t possible. Check out one person’s story of coming to terms with their sweet
imperfection.
5.
Don’t beat yourself up when you make a mistake
Everyone on the planet makes
mistakes – it’s in our
basic human nature. Why should you be any different? When you stuff up, don’t
stress, just learn from it and move on.
6.
Focus on the things you can change
There’s
no point wasting all your energy thinking about things that you can’t change.
Why don’t you have a think about some of the things that are in your power to
control and see what you can do about those?
7.
Do things that you enjoy
If
you’re doing things that you enjoy you’re more likely to be thinking
positively. Schedule time for fun and relaxation into every day.
8.
Celebrate the small stuff
Start
small and work your way up – you can’t expect any huge progress to be made
overnight.
9.
Be helpful and considerate
Not
only is helping people a great way to boost the moods of others, but you might
find that you feel better about yourself after doing something particularly
excellent.
10.
Surround yourself with supportive people
Don’t
hang around people who bring you down. Find a group of people who make you feel
good about yourself and avoid those who tend to trigger your negative
thinking.
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