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Self-Esteem

Issues related to how people feel about themselves, and questions that indicate unhealthy emotional adjustment or negative beliefs about the self.

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Importance of communication in human life?

communication is very important in human life

to express feelings ,and for the development of human in all fields

to make our life better and happy communication is important

How do alcoholic fathers affect their daughters self esteem?

Children develop their values and social culture from the environment within which they are raised. Your emotional intelligence is shaped by the quality of care and attention you receive from a baby to approximately ten years of age.

If you become fixated in the negative things in your life, you could get lost in self-pity and you may be psychologically drawn into relationships with alcoholic partners.

You have to consciously remove yourself from the negative aspects of your situation and focus your attention on the positive direction you want for yourself.

What can lower someone's self-esteem?

From experience I know that there is ALOT that lowers a person's self esteem. It can be silly little things like looking at yourself in a mirror and thinking you're 'ugly', or your 'fat'. To big things like someone telling you you're 'useless' and 'A waste of space'. The best thing for it is to ignore these things and be happy with the way you are.

How Do Men Self-fellate?

Men primarily achieve autofellatio by being flexible enough to bend at the waist and stretch towards their own genital region with their mouth. This level of flexibility is not common in most men and may require specific physical training and practice over time. It's important to be cautious and avoid actions that may cause physical harm or injury.

A patient with what condition is most commonly given the CEA test?

The CEA test is most commonly ordered when a patient has a cancer of the gastrointestinal system.

What does it mean to have someone on your mind all the time in your spirit?

Having someone on your mind and in your spirit all the time typically means that you are constantly thinking about them and feeling a strong emotional connection to them. It may indicate deep affection or concern for that person.

Why do women get breast implants Do they get them for self esteem or do they get them for attention?

Some do it out of vanity others because they lost breast to cancer others because they are not happy with the size they have and yes some for attention. Yet after they do get them they realize that that is all men look for in them.

Factors affecting personality development?

Personality development is shaped by the parents. The relationship between the mother and father is very important. Friends also play a role in a childâ??s personality development.

Do people inherit low self esteem from their parent?

While genetics can play a role in certain personality traits, self-esteem is mainly shaped by a combination of genetic, environmental, and social factors. Parental influence, such as modeling behavior and providing support, can impact a child's self-esteem but it is not solely inherited. Individuals can develop low self-esteem due to various life experiences and influences beyond just genetics.

How can you regain your former self-image and sense of personal confidence now that you have identified your husband's narcissistic behavior as the force that altered your personality?

I would normally tell you that you both need to see a psychiatrist, but I know your husband would refuse to go with you. To label him narcissistic is unfair. He could be just a pure creep! Until a professional labels him, then you can't base facts on what he is, but you can take the facts of the way he has treated you and leave. I know I make it sound easy when I tell you that you should leave him. I know it isn't easy because I left my first husband. Still, I would rather leave, take my chance out in the world on my own, than have my personality, dignity and self confidence stripped from me. We are in total control of what we wish to be as a human being and we can't blame someone else! Once I left my ex husband I found out what I was about and just how strong I really was. I did date, but no one seriously for at least a couple of years. I am much stronger now because I know I never needed a man in my life, so when I met and married my second husband I was most confident and he's a wonderful man even after 34 years of marriage. There are many wonderful programs out there for women that you can go to and Abused Women's Center or go to mental health and explain your circumstances and they will see you get the right programs. Little by little you will regain who you once were. Don't be so hard on yourself. We all make mistakes. If we don't know ourselves 100% we can't be expected to know another person 100%. Good luck hon Marcy

What is self esteem?

  • Self-esteem is a way of thinking, feeling, and acting that implies that you accept, respect, trust, and believe in yourself.
  • Self-esteem is quiet confidence in one's own worth, dignity and abilities.
  • For information about how to increase or build your own self-esteem, see the page link, further down this page, listed under Related Questions.

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The confidence that you have in yourself. In other words, it's how good you feel about how you look or how you act and what sort of person you are.

What is self concept?

It is the way a person views him or herself, and includes things like self esteem, self image, family roles, identity, values, religion, occupation, philosophy, goals, or whatever is important to the person in how he or she views him or herself.

The way you view yourself is your self-concept. Concept means idea so your self-concept is the idea that you have about yourself. The way you see yourself, of course, may be completely different to how others see you.

How much garlic would be a good dose for healing purposes?

I figure one to two cloves of fresh garlic per day is a good all purpose dose, and what I have been using. A one time(or occasional) clove is not going to do you much good, you will need to keep it in your system over a long period of time to for it to be beneficial. Fresh, right off the pod is the purest form, forget the processed pills. Try putting it in the blender with a cup of tomato juice, yummy.

What is self insemination?

Think... turkey baster. :D It's DIY artificial insemination.

Mostly, this is a useful technique for couples with sexual dysfunction (eg inability to consummate the marriage because of impotence or vaginismus); when the husband cannot perform sexual intercourse for any reason on the fertile days; or for single women or lesbians.

Please see the following website for more info. http://www.drmalpani.com/selfinsemination.htm

Why are drugs damaging to a persons self esteem?

It can be damaging because, when taking drugs, you feel different then you do while sober. During that time, you feel better than normal (usually, at least), so, when off the drug(s), you don't feel as good. Then, you start to be dependent on the drugs and feel that it's the thing keeping you happy.

It can effect your self-esteem because it does affect the way you look, and you're more prone to worry about your image. You might be ashamed that you're taking drugs, so you try and hide it. Or, you think taking the drugs makes you seem cool, so you flaunt it; if you were the lose the drugs, it may make you feel like you have nothing and your friends might leave you.

Why is the concept of self GMD is not applicable for capacitance?

The radius in the eqn. of capacitance is actual outside radius of the conductor whereas for inductance eqn. The radius is the self GMD of the conductor.

What is self lighting charcoal?

Self lighting charcoal is a charcoal that lights easily with a match without the help of any fuel. Self lighting charcoal usually contains its own fuel (paraffin, wax, or other kind of fuel) in it and that is what it makes it light easily.

Self lighting charcoals depending on the kind need from 2 - 20 minutes to prepare for cooking.

www.advanced-coal.com

What can a 15-year-old do if his self-esteem is being affected because he doesn't have a game console or cell phone or iPod or a camera?

Grow up and recognize that "stuff" doesn't define who you are. If "stuff" is so important to you, why not study hard in school, get good enough grades to be an Honors student, get a scholarship to college and make a TON of money so you can have all of the "stuff" that you obviously think is so important. * Not having all the "cool" (do they still use that word?) things that your peers have is difficult especially when they play such an important part in teenage society. Perhaps you could earn some money by doing errands for neighbors, mowing lawns or even babysitting. Then you could save your money and buy some of the things you are longing for and have the extra benefit of being proud of your resourcefulness, good work ethic and personal responsibility, all of which are a big part of "growing up". NOOOOO of course not, you are (i bet) a wonderful person even tho you dont have all the stuff that is in!!! You should not feel that not having certain things while affect your self esteem!! Look at me for example!! lol I am close to your age and i did not get a cell phone till my junior year!! I was fine with it!! Maybe find some ways to earn some extra buck, there are so many awesome jobs out there!!!

If you are gay is that normal or is it mentally sick?

  • Being gay is perfectly normal. Some people think gay people are sick, but they're not -- they just have a different perspective of looking at some things. For example: I love pizza, you might hate it; we're both normal, aren't we?
  • Up to 1973 the Diagnostics and Statistical Manual, the handbook of mental health professionals, listed homosexuality as a mental disorder. It was replaced by a different definition when the DSM-iii came into use, and then dropped altogether in 1987. So, to answer if it is "mentally sick," the answer, according to the American Psychological Association, is "no."

    To answer if it is normal, of course, begs the question of "what is normal." According to Kinsey's studies, 10% of the subjects in his studies were more or less completely homosexual from their teens. One out of 10 certainly sounds "normal."

To be fair... "10% of the people in his study" is slightly deceiving since 100% of the people in the study WERE GAY. It is generally accepted about 1% of the population in the U.S. is gay. 1 out of 100, not 1 out of 10.

The Kinsey study of the sexual habits of the American male was done in the 1940's and involved interviews with several thousand men who were willing to talk to the interviewer. Kinsey reported that roughly 30% of the respondents had experienced homosexual intercourse to orgasm at least once in their lives. Current research suggests that somewhere between 2 and 4 per cent of males are primarily homosexual, and perhaps 10 per cent have had significant homosexual experience.

It is normal to be Gay, Hetero or Bi, anything else would be abnormal !

Due to something that's happened in their lives, people have homosexual attractions and that's not sick. If acted on or embraced, it's like any addiction. You should believe this if you're a Christian.

Technically being gay is unnatural due to mammals (and other animals) need a male and female to reproduce. Think about it is everyone was gay we would all die within a generation because no children would be produced. Being gay is also in your genetics one of the things about being gay is maybe the point is so that you don't reproduce but one of the only ways to do that would be that you are attracted to someone whom you cant reproduce with. So technically speaking being gay is wrong and unnatural, but some people don't think so. But just because being gay is wrong it doesn't mean that you should be discriminatory towards them. Closing comments, if mammals birds and fish, reptiles (well maybe some fish and reptiles do) could reproduce asexually being gay would be fine.

Why do Narcissists marry if they view everyone as inferior to them?

I wasn't even married to mine~ he would tell me I wasn't good enough to marry but when we were in public at an important social gathering, he would introduce me as his wife...twisted! The narcissist does not view marriage as a bond among equals - but as an arrangement of convenience. By getting married, the narcissist merely secures a good source of narcissistic supply for the long-term. They marry for permanent narcissistic supply . It inflates their ego to have a wife ( or husband ) to brag about , and at the same time, humiliate , in order to keep reinforcing how superior they are. Narcissists are alway concerened about their image. Being "married" looks alot better to the public (in his opinion) than "not being married." He also NEEDS a spouse to "take care" of him since he is pathologically immature and unable to care for himself. He USES his spouse but never truly LOVES her.

Why would a narcissist say they have no or low self esteem?

the general consensus amongst psychologists seems to be that the disorder is compensatory. while the narcissist may truly believe him/herself to be good-looking and intelligent, they clearly do not feel these attributes are enough to make them a truly superior being, hence the need they feel for the aggrandizing lies about themselves and reinforcing their superiority to others in each and every relationship and interaction in their (fantasy) lives, big or small.

my ex N would try to be falsely self depracating, but could never keep the act up for long. she was obviously hoping I would effusively contradict her seemingly modest statements, but it was a tactic i recognised so i rarely indulged her. i guess she just got tired of waiting for me to start gushing over her and her eventual statements in which her formidable ego reared its head once again, seemed to be a result of her internal voice protesting 'BUT I *AM* GORGEOUS/MENSA MATERIAL/A LOVELY PERSON!' a good example of this is when i told her she was pretty, and she said 'I'm not,' and then some thirty seconds later: 'my friends tell me i have a natural beauty.' her eventual conclusion would be either someone someone else (supposedly) said, or a half-hearted admission that she actually was quite something.

she also once claimed that she looked in the mirror and inspected herself as often as she did 'because i hate myself. most people do it 'cause they love themselves, but i do it cause i hate myself.' and i quite believed her: it probaly was due to some sort of insecurity that she felt the need to change her look all the time and reassure herself that she looked good.

AnswerWhen I first read the question I was confused. A pathological NNN admitting to low self esteem was an eye opener. Then I found out it came from the mouth of a 16 year old.

Young people with such a diagnosis who can admit to having a problem can be salvaged. Teenagers are notorious for age appropriate N-ism. Usually diagnosis for N-ism is reserved for adults.

There is hope your daughter will be able to get on top of her personality problems and learn to manage them for her and everyone's benefit.

It is vitally important that all people involved with this girl's upbringing look hard at themselves as to their contribution to her personality. Almost always the carers are the parent(s).

AnswerA narcissist may say they have low self esteem, or, most likely, act like they have low self esteem, to control the feelings of others. The narcissist may be trying to manipulate more people into liking him/her. Answer:Narcissists invalidate those who care about them in order to camouflage their fragile psyches.

Invalidating behavior can be mild, 'I like your hair the way you used to wear it," to malicious, having an affair and rationalizing it as ok, long as his wife doesn't find out--arrogantly bragging, "she never has before!"

Wherever he goes, others are appalled by his pernicious declarations.

Invalidation allows an imaginary wall to be erected between the narcissist's low opinion of himself and those who care deeply about the cancerous torment and pain of which he cannot rid himself. That wall eventually will come crashing down.

The question is will anyone be on the other side to rescue him and save him from himself? a shakesperean tragedy....

Why is it that people with moderate self esteem are easily persuaded in their attitude than both those of high and low self esteem level?

  • A person of moderate self esteem can sometimes be easily persuaded because they are in the midst of learning lessons in life and depending on what they have learned they may be easily persuaded by another. The person with high esteem has been encouraged by others; perhaps given more breaks, but they can also think they are of high esteem when they are not and therefore they are quite confident in themselves by feeling they have full control of their lives. A person with low self esteem is generally very suspicious of people or other situations in life and may miss out on good friends or life in general, but generally never wants to risk getting hurt.

Why would an independent woman with a healthy amount of self-esteem stay in an abusive relationship with a man she does not love?

The problem is she does not have a healthy dose of self-esteem. Most of us are chameleons out there and we have to be this way to fit into certain situations. i.e. business meetings, complying to different personalities in our families or with our friends, educations, etc. We change our moods as frequently as a clean freak changes their socks. I suggest you go on: www.google.com Then ask: What is the cycle of abuse amongst women? The general public for the most part thinks that abuse only happens to the poor or uneducated and that's further from the truth than you will ever know. I just saw a program on Oprah yesterday where a beautiful, young, country singer came forward and told of her abuse. Here she is ... beautiful, young, a fantastic singer, loads of money and she lets her mate batter her to a pulp. Why? It often stems back to how we were brought up. Was the mother there when we needed her, did we need more than our mothers knew we needed? Questions, questions, and we have to find the answers through therapy. Some people are just gentle souls (nothing wrong with that) and give their all in everything they do and that includes romantic relationships and complete trust in this. We must learn to always have our guard up and not give 100% trust to anyone until we get to know them better. I am not suggesting we throw ourselves into paranoia ... just be more alert. An abuser can be considered an "artist" in a grotesque way. They really believe they love the person they are with, but, it's all about control. It's like having a favorite doll and you play with it for awhile, put it high on a shelf so no one else can get it and then you bring it down when you want it. An abuser believes THEY OWN THAT PERSON and they actually have regressed back many 100s of years where women were used like chattel. "You do as I say and you do it with a smile on your face!" The abuser will often pour love and gifts on the unsuspecting woman and if we are honest anyone of us could be wooed with that attention. When women are in love they often let their guard down and not one woman I know can say they haven't been hurt by someone they once loved. Abusers will give, give, give, (giving full rein to his victim) and then suddenly, once he finds he has her hook, line and sinker, he jerks, and reels her in. Then the abuse starts. It could be little things such as "I really don't like that dress you're wearing ... go change into something else." Some women think this a loving interest, but it's not! From there comes more mental abuse such as "You're mine, never forget that" or "you're useless, and you're not as smart as you think." The abuser hammers away at his victim (a type of brainwashing.) The poor woman usually doesn't see it coming and by the time she does it's too late and it's difficult getting out of an abusive relationship. The woman may get angry at the verbal abuse and try to fight back verbally and then the physical abuse can start. Slapping, kicking, throwing things at her and downing her in front of her friends. I work at an abuse center and I've seen some very ugly sights in hospitals of what a man can do to a woman. It makes you sick! From there the abuser will try to isolate his victim. Perhaps move to a town where they know no one or, move to a more desolate area. He slowly alienates her from family and friends. From there the abuser threatens: I'll ruin your career if you leave me I'll go after your family I'll go after your friend(s) (mostly women, few men) I'll take the children and you'll never see them again I'll kill you if you ever leave me I'll hurt the kids if you leave me See the "I'll" and never will you hear an abuser say "I'll kill myself!" They are about control and believe you me, they are good at it. Once caught up in an abusive relationship it's difficult to get out of because there are not many laws that prevent this man from stalking or terrorizing the woman. You can get as many restraint orders as you want, but, until he actually does something the police can't do anything. That's the law! The courts are so full that even if you could get him on breaking a restraining order it would take months and possibly a year or more and don't think the abuser doesn't know that. The best thing to do is for that abused woman to pack her bags secretly. Then, if he is watching her like a hawk, get a trusted friend to set up an appointment with "The Abused Women's Center" and when he's at work head for that Abused Women's Center and don't look back. These centers will protect an abused woman, give them free legal counsel, therapy, give them a safe place to live. They will also go to court with them. This story will blow your socks off: There was a young actress in the late 70s by the name of Theresa Saldana (look her up on the internet) and she was in an abusive relationship. Not one to put up with it, she left him running off to her sister's apartment and temporarily living with her sister and her husband. Think she's safe? Not on your life or hers! Her abuser stalked her down and one day, in broad daylight, as she was coming down the stairs from the apartment, he was at the bottom of the steps demanding she come back. Even with her sister and brother-in-law standing guard over her, her abuser raced up the steps after her and she managed to get by him and out on the street. He raced after her, caught up to her and stabbed her over 19 times!!!! To the disgust of all of us who heard about it on the news, a group of wonderful citizens formed a circle as they watched this young woman being bludgeoned to death. It wasn't until a male jogger came upon the scene and intervened did the savage attack on Ms. Saldana stop. The man was caught and she was rushed into emergency hanging onto life. Now we talk about miracles and wonder why bad things happen to us and here is a lesson for all of us: Ms. Saldana was fighting for her life, but made it. She lived in terror in that hospital and feared her attacker would come back (even though he was in jail.) This once beautiful woman had to look at scars all over her body and remember that terrible attack on her all over again. In time when she had to be released from hospital her family and friends had a difficult time getting her out of the safety of that hospital. Once she was at home she lived in so much fear she wanted to take her own life because she had no quality of life. It took many years and much strength by Ms. Saldana to get her life together and she started an abused women's center to help other women as well as being active in changing the laws to protect women. I hope I have convinced you by now that battered women are not stupid women, but terrified women and it can happen to any culture and to the poor and wealthy alike. It's one of the leading causes of injuries and death. Laws are slowly being changed to protect women and police departments are taking a more active interest in the skills of self defence for women. No police officer loves that almighty call of domestic abuse, and especially when they know they are facing a woman that has had the daylights knocked out of her. In years past if the woman refused to press charges against her abuser (and most did) now Canadian police officers can size up the situation and press charges against the abuser themselves. Slowly, but surely the laws are being changed to protect women. By the way, there are abused men out there as well, and even if it's out of curiosity it's well worth looking up on the internet. Marcy I am the author of this question. For the record, the abuser that is described in this question suffers from low self-esteem. He has no skills or education, he can barely read and write. He is an ex-pimp, ex-drug addict, and has served time in prision for assault. He believes that a woman is a piece of property. He is very possessive, jealous, and insecure. He has a bad temper and is easily irriated. He has had thoughts of suicide. He has superficial relationships with his friends and presents himself as a victim in all of his past relationships with women. He is the classic case of an abusive, controlling man. I posed the question to get some general feedback on abusive men. In hindsight, I realize the reason why I allowed this man to live in my home and it is not because I suffer from low-self esteem, because I DO NOT. I am a very CONFIDENT WOMAN. I was new to studying and reading the bible and he used that to his advantage by manipulating me with the scriptures. I was focused on changing my life and serving God because "we are all sinners and fall short of the glory of God." When I first met him, of course, he was nice and sweet and professed how much he wanted to serve God. That is how I was lured to him. I did not know anything about his background, and I was naive into thinking that all people who go to church and read their bible are good people. I allowed him a temporary stay in my home because he was having finanical difficulties. He moved into my house and became verbally abusive and attempted to gain control over me. When I would ask him to leave, which was more than once, he would use bible scriptures to make me feel guilty. It worked for a while. This man also is living in this country illegally and he was pressuring me to get married to him to gain his legal status. By the way, that was his main objective. I NEVER LOVED HIM AND MARRIAGE WAS NOT AN OPTION. He no longer lives in my house, but he has been stalking me day and night. He continues to harrass me by leaving nasty messages on my voice mail, of course, telling me that I am the "devil" and that he is so "righteous and spirtual." Yeah right! The problem with him is that he still thinks and acts like a pimp, hiding behind religion. Now he is telling everybody in church that I put him out of my house and he did not have anywhere to go. I am not responsible for a 43-year old lazy man that is looking for a woman to take care of him. He failed to tell the whole-truth, instead he told half-truth, half-lies. As usual, he portrays himself as a "victim." I fear God and not a man pretending to be a Christian. This experience has made me an even stronger person. Now I have ZERO tolerance for any man that even remotely exhibits any signs of an abusive character. At the same token though, I am so angry that I allowed myself to be subjected to his digusting behaivor. I keep playing all of the incidents over and over in my head and it is driving me crazy! Can you recommend anyone that I can talk to or any websites that I can go to for therapy. I live in Miami, Florida. You might wish to visit http://www.safe4all.org for a list of resources or Florida Coalition Against Abuse and Domestic Violence at http://www.fcadv.org Thank you for going into more detail regarding your relationship with this man. Don't beat yourself up over it! You are a Christian (so am I) and you were just trying to be nice. Although I am a Christian I am extremely careful of men and women and although usually very nice to them I keep them at arms length until I know them a little better. A person with such problems as this man can't hide them forever and the truth comes out. I am so glad you are thinking of going to an Abused Women's Center. Thank you to the other poster for giving you that much needed information. No matter how strong and independent we think we are there are just times we let our guard down when we really want to help someone. Don't let this loser sour you against those that may need your help. Just take a little more time to get to know them and never let anyone move into your home. Good luck God Bless Marcy