What exactly causes a person to have a low self esteem?
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Where does a low self esteem orginate from? How does it develop? What causes a low self esteem?
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Where does a low self esteem orginate from? How does it develop? What causes a low self esteem?
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January 29th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
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being made fun of or looked at weird
February 1st, 2009 at 12:41 am
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Not enough nurturing, generally as a child… no support or poor support, body image issues, bullying… so many things unfortunately!!
February 1st, 2009 at 11:48 pm
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If they believe they are ugly and can never measure up to someone else it starts to build up and after so many years of feeling a certain way some people just dont bother with themselves anymore
February 2nd, 2009 at 9:27 am
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Being stupid and ugly.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:16 am
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Unhappiness with yourself. Also past events.
It can be turned around with positive experiences, exercise, eating right, and sleeping right. Also a good amount of activity during the day.
February 8th, 2009 at 3:10 am
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Being put down or insulted a lot, failing at something, feeling unwanted
February 9th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
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Overweight problems, relationship problems, parents with bad financial or marriage problems, drug problems, there are so many things
February 11th, 2009 at 9:14 am
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If people tell you that you are horrible in some way, like if your parents tell you, you’re ugly. You need some way to feel confident and powerful.
February 14th, 2009 at 9:37 am
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I think low self esteem originates from lack of compliment. As a teenager, my mood can go from an extreme high point and fall suddenly to the lowest possible point. When someone compliments me on doing something well i am very happy. When someone belittles me or does not compliment me for doing something good i feel sad and depressed. Its very simple. WE FEEL SAD BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE NO PURPOSE IN LIVING. If we do something well in life, we feel like we deserve to eat, to live, to have friends, and to have fun. When we have nothing to feel proud of it, we kind of feel like we dont deserve to live and to enjoy life, therefore we have low-selfesteem. so when you see someone doing something good and you truly feel like they did something good, tell them!
February 16th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
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it could be from anything.
thats why i’m always nice to people, you never know what is going on in their life, and even a bad word or bad look could really affect them.
February 17th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
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the answer to your question really cant be generalised so easily.
there are so many factors causing low self-esteem,
many as a result of the environment in which you were brought up as a child/grew up in which can later affect you in adult-hood too, or maybe just going through your teenage years.
low self esteem is such an important issue which should be understood and not undermined, as many parents do (mine did)
February 20th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
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it can be a number of things, someone always saying your not pretty enough, or you’ll never make it in this life, people looking and talking and pointing at you etc…
February 23rd, 2009 at 9:28 pm
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I think the first answer is almost right…..I feel our low self esteem comes from how we perceive ourselves threw others opinions.
Which is wrong…but even I do it….sometimes I find myself feeling low because I want to please everybody else….When I should be pleasing my innerself first.
February 25th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
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It really all depends on the individual. Factors such as family life, health, appearance, weight, height, race, gender, regrets in life, social status, career, relationship status, wealth or lack thereof, and countless other factors will contribute to a person’s self esteem. For example, a gorgeous millionaire may feel like she is not adequate and have low self esteem because she does not have a good relationship with her family, and a very poor and unattractive man may have excellent self esteem because he has a very fulfilling life and wonderful family. Like I said, it really all depends on the individual.
February 27th, 2009 at 11:53 am
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It just happens. Some of it comes from how people treat you, sometimes it’s just all in your head. The trick is to not letting it get the best of you.
February 27th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
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Low self esteem is basically how you see your self and the value you apply to yourself as a person. To cut through the psych stuff to the heart it’s basically how you are treated growing up will affect your confidence and how you see yourself. If anyone is told often enough that they are ugly, fat, a loser, or stupid, they will believe it even though it may not be true. You can be called fat when you’re not and grow up believing you are and end up with an eating disorder. If a you tell a child long enouenough they are a waste of space they will believe it and never come close to the potential they really have. Another devastating situation is when a child tries to tell about someone abusing them and no one will do a thing. They will grow up believing that they weren’t worth protecting and this sets them up for more abuse as they grow older. The more it happens the deeper that belief is ingrained. Adopted children often feel that they were rejected and if the biological parent/s couldn’t find a way to keep them then they must be……well some have even said evil. What is being said and done doesn’t need to be true to affect a person, it’s what is said and done. i know of a friend who in grade 4 was stood at the front of the classroom every week. This teacher picked out 2 or 3 of the smallest children every year to do this to and everyone dreaded him. The rest of the class was allowed to make fun of them and if they cried they had to stand there longer. This poor child told her father and he said that he’d told the teacher he could do whatever he liked and the parents would stop him. This is less likely to happen now but it is true and you can’t imagine the damage it did to the child.
I have found that the only way to combat this is to take responsibility for your won actions regardless of what everyone around you is doing. I choose how I speak to people and treat them. Jesus had it right when He said to treat others how you would like to be treated. It’s so simple but it would save so many a world of misery and pain.
Join me, make a difference, treat people how you would like to be treated, it’s fantasic for your ouwn self esteem!
February 28th, 2009 at 10:14 am
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Poor but proud is not low esteem. Having expectations that are in error about important things to you will destroy your mind chemically and psychologically.
March 1st, 2009 at 5:40 pm
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A person that have usually a low self esteem caused by parent´s poor moral support and motivation. There are 85% of parent´s doesn´t know about child care and psycology. This type of parents always critized their children and descouraging them when they made mistakes, this causes a child low self steem, lossing their self confidents until they becomes matured. They need someone to motivate them and someone to admire them in everything they accomplish.
I always tell my children they are very good children, intelligents, handsome. beautiful etc. I appreciate every single thing they accomplish, i always say you are really smart! showing them that i am very happy for what they have done! and they became true bec they want to prove to me that i am not mistaken, they want to please me bec i showed them my love and children when you show you trusted in them, they will not disappoint you. If you will always tell your children bad boy, naughty, stupid, dull all kinds of bad words then they will grow the way you told them.This is called child psycology. Even they are bad tell them they are good.
If you are already matured and yoú have this low self esteem problem, it will take time to heal you, you need someone to convince you that you can really make it. you need someone to lift you up, to support you with love, someone to appreciate you, someone that says you are wonderful! but you can help yourself. Be confident, don´t listen to other´s critizism, forgive them, be strong deep breath now and say to yourself: I can make it! I don´t care what other says about me! I can make it!
To man it is impossible, but to God nothing is impossible. Try God and you will be healed in a minute. if you need my help i am willing to. All the best, You Can Make It! I`m sure!
March 2nd, 2009 at 9:23 pm
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Self Esteem refers to how positively or negatively we view ourselves. People with low self esteem usually view their traits as negative Our self esteem is constantly reinforced everyday by the reactions people have to you and how they treat you. So, your specific environment plays a huge role in your self esteem. If you are surrounded by people who generally tend to put you down, you are going to have a better chance of having problems with your self esteem. Also, your genetics play a major role too. If you are genetically predisposed to depression and anxiety, you are going to be at a higher risk for low self esteem. The way someone was brought up can also factor in. If you have a non- supportive and abuse home life you are at high risk for low self esteem.
The best advice that I can give is to surround yourself with people that are positive and that will see the best in you and not put you down!
March 4th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
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March 5th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
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I guess its just what you think about yourself,