Part of the reason why I suffered when I was young was that I had such low self-worth. I felt there was something wrong with me. ‘I just wasn’t good with people.’ ‘No-one wants to be with me or talk to me.’ That’s how I thought of myself. The extroverts, they’re the ones with the […]
Self esteem is the foundation for all happiness
I’ve suffered from low self-esteem all my life. Yet it’s only recently that I’ve really come to realise it’s important when it comes to everything else that I want. Self-esteem or self-worth is something of a controversial subject. We know its importance, we can see how anxiety and depression are linked to it. Yet we […]
There’s nothing wrong with you (probably) – Self worth and why it matters
One of the biggest causes of my social anxiety and depressed feelings is the thought that I’m somehow flawed in a fundamental way. This low self-worth (which I think is one of the four horsemen) is the basis of my fear, anxiety and why I hold myself back. So many of us are afraid of […]