Self-esteem refers to self-love, how much you love yourself. Low self-esteem is quite common, and it is one of the fundamental bases for depression. However, even if you are not in depression, you can spend your life with very low self-esteem, low spirits, and having lower results than you could have, because you do not feel capable or deserving of have these achievements.
Although self-esteem has many components and includes many things, perhaps the most important thing that determines self-esteem is self-concept, or your definition of yourself. Love depends to some extent on what you think of something or someone, be it a partner, a friend, significant others, or a profession, a trade or a project. The better concept we have of these people or activities, the more we will love them. There is also the sense of belonging, which is part of this concept; That is why we love our mother, our children and our homeland much, than our mother, children or the homeland of others.
This also includes self-love, which is directly related to our concept of ourselves. Working on a solid self-concept helps strengthen self-esteem. If there are self-esteem issues, one of the most important places we should initially look is self-concept, what we think of ourselves.
If you think that you are a useless person who is not worth anything, that you do not deserve anything, that you are a hindrance to the family and society, that you have no talents, that you do not contribute to society, and that you are useless, it is very difficult to foster that self-love. But if you look at yourself and see that you are a valuable person, that you have many talents, that you are worth just because you exist, that you have great potential, and you value your trade or profession, it will be easier to love yourself (to).
Therefore, to strengthen self-esteem, you have to work on self-concept, know very well who I am, my personal value, know my talents and potential, and understand that my life contributes or can contribute to society.
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