News of Self Esteem

There are the four main powerfull stressors:


1. Pain


2. Exhaustion


3. Confusion


4. Delay


Protect against these and you are battling the most important stress causing factors in your life.

I will post more information on stress later, when I will have more free time and will to post.

I promissed to talk about how to cope with stress/anxiety. It is a long topic, but here are the most powerful ways (there are loads I will talk about later):


1. Have Control in your life.


2. Exercise or do other things that you consider good for yourself (e.g. healthy nutrition).


3. Give yourself reinforcements (e.g. little presents when you accomplish something). In psychology, this is operant conditioning basically.


4. Be assertive (i.e. protect your ...

a rant....

i HATE everything about myself sometimes so much so that i almost want to beat myself up. this self-directed hatrid just builds inside of me and i cant release it. i know i should be kind to myself and tell myself positive things to help with other things but i just cant do it when i hate myself this much.

i look in the mirror and hate the person staring back at me. ...

Okay, yes, I know, I talk like a girl. I sound like one and my words are"girly" words, if that makes sense. But you know what I'm saying so why does it matter? Everyone says something, and most make fun of me for it. It really hurts, but why?? Why would someone want to put me down for it? I can't help it either, I've always been a ladies man. Always around girls, usually charming ...

One thing that I notice as your self esteem improves, is that you realise that I'm not that bad looking. I'm not saying I'm Brad Pitt, but hey, Brad Pitt not Brad Pitt anymore. :wink:

Fighting stress is not trivial. For those that stress is part of their mental disorder (i.e. anxiety disorders) is harder.

Diaphragmatic breathing is probably the most important factor towards less (greatly reduced) stress.

If you are physically unable to breath well, then you are fighting an uneven battle against stress.

If you think your nose is bloated, if you tend to breath from your mouth, if you can't smell well, you may have a crooked ...

How can you allow other people to get to know you if you don't even know yourself? Does anyone understand?

I feel this way and have been told i am by several people.

I wish i were invited to more places and considered an essential member of a group.

I am 19 now and attending college. (tiny background)

I feel like I can remember everything clearly, but that is never true there is always details or even forgotten fragments that I never realised existed till I actually retrieve the memory. Maybe its got to do with my self esteem, although I think it could be something else. I would say that esteem fluctuates according to many things mood, stimulation bla bla bla.. I have ...

I've been making a number of posts on this board and continually hear that I need to get help. I do attend counselling and am on medications to lessen my self destructive behaviors, but mentally I just can't get "in" to it. Why? Because I just despise myself, and don't see much wrong with what I'm doing - especially if I keep it well hidden so it doesn't distress my loved ones. As far as ...