It happens to all of us. A relationship ends, and the world stops and kicks us off. Or so it feels. And the low self-esteem after a breakup only serves to prolong the agony. How long does the bottom-dwelling last? How long do you have to feel this lousy about yourself? Isn’t it bad enough […]
Self-esteem, quite simply, is how you feel about yourself. It’s the subjective self-evaluation of your own worth. Low self-esteem culls all those self-perceptions that are negative and presents them as a diminished sense of self. The person with low self-esteem lacks confidence and often feels unlovable, awkward and incompetent. S/he also tends to be hypersensitive, […]
Your relationship didn’t have the makings of “happily ever after.” You were miserable. But now you’re not only depressed and stressed over a breakup…you’re obsessed. You know the breakup was for the best. It was only a matter of time. But why can’t you shake it? You would expect to be sad, angry, even depressed […]
Lugging around a low self-esteem is perilous to more than just your public confidence. The effects of low self-esteem ripple through every nook and cranny of your life, eating away at it with inconspicuous malevolence. Believe it or not, self-esteem doesn’t assemble itself during puberty. It doesn’t even wait for a child to be able […]
The symptoms of stress and depression can feel pretty jumbled up, overlapping and confusing. Feeling stressed and depressed all the time, however, can take a damaging toll on your physical, mental and emotional life. Stress is simply the body’s response to physical or emotional demands. It’s actually a good thing if it motivates you. But […]
Perhaps it is a rite of passage in love to experience at least one one-sided relationship. Having an affair with someone might be a retaliatory fix for the moment. It might also be your one-sided wake-up call that turns your life around…and inward. What if the partner in your affair isn’t another person at all? […]
You didn’t intend for it to happen. You didn’t mean to hurt anyone. You don’t even know how it happened. But somehow you ended up having an affair. Strangely, it wasn’t even all that clandestine. At least not in the beginning. You were just going about your daily life, doing the things you always do. […]
How you feel about yourself may seem like an impassable road block to changing how you feel about yourself, especially if insecurity and low self-esteem are part of the change-order. Curing insecurity and low self-esteem is ultimately about changing your self-image, and therefore the core beliefs that create it in the first place. And that […]
It’s no secret that how you feel about yourself colors everything in your life. But if you are feeling low self-esteem in a relationship, that coloring doesn’t stay inside the lines. It spills over into the relationship itself and muddles the satisfaction both of you feel within it. If you struggle with low self-esteem, you […]
It feels so good in the moment. The escape is so worth it. This mental anguish — these emotional demons — you don’t have time for that stuff. Emotional eating. Call it what you will, but it’s just food…comforting you in the moment so you can plow through your day with a paycheck and a smile […]