My self esteem is at an all time low.
I feel like I can't do anything right, and that I'm ugly and horrible and bad at everything.
I know I'm not, but is just feel BAD. For no reason that I can fathom.
It's very frustrating, because I've just been in my room all day feeling bad for myself.
If you view this thread as complaining, I'm sorry. Try putting yourself in my shoes.
Does anybody have any tips to boost your self esteem?
I don't feel like reading every reply - cause I'm so certain it's going to depress me. I have felt like you, for a very long time (oh sweet teenage years), and I don't think I'm totally done with having dark thoughts, because I still need to grow up.
You say you feel like you can't do anything right, well maybe you didn't try hard enough OR didn't try to do something you really enjoy. As for your looks well I decided that I didn't care about my looks so I can't help you, since I really, REALLY, don't care about my butt's size or my horrible skin (I invite you all to Google
vitiligo :>).
And staying in your room all day is not going to make anything better -
IT'S NOT. Whenever you feel like you're depressed, you need to think about something else, something happier, this instant. Dream, get out, go see your friends, watch a movie, draw, listen to music, take a nap, whatever, but do something that will keep you from thinking too much about yourself. Because there are some things you just can't deal with, and feelings are this type of things. You can't reason your feelings, I mean, the mind is something and the heart is a total different business, that's why it's so hard for you to be objective about yourself. And I know that no matter how many people tell you that you're pretty, talented, smart and all, as long as YOU don't think that about yourself, you're not feeling well. Well, forget about that. You don't have to have a good image of yourself, you don't even have to have an image of yourself! You are a person, trying to live a happy life. You don't need to know more about yourself, you really don't!
Just because we all judge others (yes we all do that, let's be honest for one second, it's only human), doesn't mean you have to judge yourself.
In the end - my tip to boost your self esteem is not to think about it. Thinking too much about it will only lower it, I swear. I hope I helped a little, and I wish you to be super happy. Do your best to be strong, forget about all those bad emotions you felt, and try to be happy
It's all up to you. Best advice I can give!
- - - Post Merge - - -
Oh and all the "tell yourself you're amazing" thing? It's not good. It's just going to make you more self-absorb - because yes, even if you think a lot about you in a wrong way, you're still thinking a lot about you. Whetever you think you're the best or a piece of crap, you can't be totally happy because the only thing in your mind is... you. Not only is it boring but also not working to feel better. Just saying ~
