Self-esteem

Chronic self-sacrifice can make you lose yourself. You’re a human being and it’s normal to want to invest your time…

Many people ask themselves how they can speak confidently. How can you express your ideas with that perfect blend of…

Some people are willing to do anything, including tolerating any level of humiliation, in the name of love. This stems…

Most people are very critical and hard on themselves. This is true especially when you think you’re lacking in something or have some sort of defect. People usually mistreat themselves when they’ve made a mistake, thinking that it will improve…

If you really love yourself, life gets easier. This is in part because self-love is related to self-esteem, and self-esteem…

Being too modest is as dangerous as any other aspect taken to the extreme. The key here is “too”. Because of this word, great virtues can turn into defects and great pleasures can transform into torment. Excess almost always ends up…

There are many different ways to interpret the concept of self-compassion. In psychology, it means the capacity to be less…

The most well-known and widely-used self-esteem test is, without a doubt, the Rosenberg scale. While the test is over five decades old, its simplicity (as it only has ten questions) and reliability have helped it retain its popularity over the…

Improving self-esteem is a goal we could all adopt as our own. As we grow, we build our identity and…

Victimism, or victim mentality, is when we draw attention to how helpless and bad we are, and it can be…

Difficult people are all about arguments, criticism, blackmail, and just plain negativity in their environment. Our mental health is at…

Having excessively high self-esteem is neither positive nor healthy. Being overly confident and overestimating your worth leads to problematic behaviors…

If you overvalue your identity on social networks, you’ll end up building a virtual character that barely resembles the person…

There are times when you try to find the best solution to your problems, and perhaps you do it by…

Your sense of self and depression are closely related. Suffering from depression or other psychological conditions fragments the image that…

One of the pillars that has a tremendous influence on our behavior is self-esteem. How we feel, based on the…

The spotlight effect is when people overestimate any of their defects or flaws, however small they may be. The victims…

Do you apologize too much? In principle, saying sorry is one of the social glues that strengthens relationships. However, apologizing too much is negative. Remember that the act of apologizing should be significant. This means it shouldn’t be a continuous and…

Overcoming a physical flaw or defect can be a huge challenge. When you don’t accept your flaws, they cause shame, shyness, nervousness, feelings of inferiority, etc. However, feeling inferior at a particular moment doesn’t mean you have an inferiority complex.…

The link between the hippocampus and self-esteem is very interesting. Your sense of identity is directly linked to this brain…