News of Self Esteem

Hello all, I suffer from low self-esteem and I wasn't really sure where to put this so I hope this is the right forum. If not, would a moderator please kindly move it to the appropriate forum for me? Sorry, and thanks! ...Wow, well that was just a perfect example of my problems due to low self-esteem! XD

Anyone else suffer from this? I constantly find myself apologizing for every little thing and also thanking ...

21. Male.

I’m deciding to post here because today I’m just feeling in the dumps. I’ve lately figured out that I have no self esteem and zero confidence. I have OCD and BDD, but I’m wondering if I have bipolar disorder also. It is a constant struggle to have confidence and self esteem, with out a doubt I have an inferiority complex. I know many of my struggles developed in childhood and I’m trying to ...

Hi. I am ready to bare my heart here, after much stewing, fuming, and crying. I am a gay man, in my late 20s, and I haven't had sex in a year and a half. My self-esteem is exceptionally low. Even so, I am considered a leader in my workplace, I own a home, have lots of friends...indicators of a fulfilling life.
While I consider myself fortunate to have what I do, I still don't ...

So, let me start off by saying this; I’m a black woman who spends way too much time on the internet. I have OCD- like tendencies, and I obsess over things online that I find distressing. Lately, I’ve been researching ancient African civilizations, trying to figure out if Egypt and Nubia or The Aksumite Kingdom, in Ethiopia, was run and built by black people. There’s just so much information online going against me, like DNA ...

I want to commit suicide. I am male, 34, with no job, I quit my last three jobs because I felt being driven out by the environment, very little education, staying at my parents, society is ridiculing me and I feel my whole life was a lie and that I'm being paranoid. Everybody is talking behind my back. I am selfish and immature, i never did anything for anybody and i feel it's too late ...

Found a good article in the rough on Medium with this very title: Imprisoned by Past Memories. Very helpful for self esteem issues and how to overcome past defeating memories. Before you end your day, check it out. It's really, really, really goood!

OK... I have searched high and low to help my friend. A real friend... I promise.

She became interested in a guy who showed interest as well. They became close. She knew he had a gf but learned that they lived together. He lives overseas and met him in person on a long stay in the states. When he got back home he checked out for a bit (assuming guilt even though they never got ...

hi .., i don't know is it normal but I feel always I want to be different personalitieslike once I see this person he is very great and confident and out going and I say people who are social are great and in a minute can be him exactly and in other minute I see an introvert who is not social and people like him I say I hopetoI be the same heaviness and lik ...

At what amount (in respects of no. of people, no. of times and severity) of criticism from the others, one normally starts to have self-doubt and his/her self-confidence is broken? At what amount, IDEALLY should that be happening? Infinity?

Hello everyone I am new to this forum. I'm glad that I was able to find a community of people that share this similar battle with me. I am working daily to improve on my self esteem. I am 26 years old and my self esteem issues started when I was 7 years old. I grew up a military brat and I was living in Hawaii at the time. Over there, there are a few ...