News of Self Esteem

I have very low self esteem. I used to have high self esteem from my father telling me I was so pretty and everything...even though my friends at school would always say I was too thin, even to this day. I hate the way I look now. When I look in the mirror, I see a dirty, sick, wounded girl, who hates herself from the inside out. The girl is always looking around at other ...

I felt really over-whelmed last night.
I don't know how it started... actually I do... Money... :chain: I have a whole about $13 in my account I'm broke. It sucks, it's stressing me out. I had not having enough to go out and get the odd thing that is needed.

I started to look up jobs.
Started to get over-whelmed...
Started to put myself down.
I'm not good enough to do anything...
I don't want ...

Am sitting here with my boyfriend less than a foot away on the computer. in 10 days we are going to america on a backpacking trip for 11 weeks, and after much searching and posting on forums it's looking like the amount of money we are going to have might seriously actually not be enough, alot of money has been given to us by parents and grandparents which Is hard enough as it is to ...

Hi!
I'm Liz, and I'm a pretty normal teenager. I do have one problem that kills me everyday, and as proud of myself for getting over my other issues, I just can't seem to fix this one.
When I was younger I was a happy kid and I had not many problems and lots of friends. Then I went to 7th grade, and went into this massive awkward faze that I got over last year. ...

First of all, I would like to thank everyone on this site for the support they offer. Finding this site has been a great help. It's helping me open my eyes to issues that I have repressed for so long and to wake up to the reality that I need to deal with them.

My question is:

Is it possible to overcome the following issues that I have without psychotherapy or medications?

1. I had ...

Hi, I have been feeling down lately because of pressures I deal with everyday, including a demanding husband who doesn't love me. Three young children and mainly for just waking up to the fact that I have wasted seven years of my life and not knowing how to get out.

Today, I ran into an old friend who knew me 7 years ago before my self-esteem has been shattered. She asked me how I was ...

My boyfriend partners with a woman he used to date for multiple entepreneurial businesses.
She's engaged, her hubby to be helps out too, that's not really the issue.
The issue is, I don't have that to contribute. I don't make a million bucks like she does. I am not a lawyer like her husband.
Clearly, I am not valued as much because I am not a freaking partner with him, she is.

I feel like ...

Every time I think I'm building up my self esteem, my husband tells me I'm selfish. If I want to do something for me, then I'm selfish. If I always take our daughter to practice and I want him to take her so I can go out with my girlfriend or just go shopping, I'm being selfish. My thought on this is if I am taking care of my responsibilities (ie. my daughter, my bills, ...

Hi, this is my first time posting here. I am glad I found this site for I don't have anyone and could use some support.

If someone had come up to me ten years ago (when I was 22 years old) and told me "you are going to end up miserable with no self-esteem and zero confidence" I would have laughed at them and said "you got the wrong person, honey".

I used to present ...

Hi all...
I'm sorry for being whiny and self-pitying, but I've been in a panic for the past couple of days and I need help, so here goes:
I'm so sick of feeling the way that I do- ugly, stupid, fat, incompetent, weird... It doesn't make a lot of sense, because I have many people who have been trying to convince me otherwise for a long time now, but I just can't seem to make ...