News of Self Esteem

My 14 year old daughter is traumatized by the changes to her face since having her 4 premolars extracted for braces. Her face sank inward, and she--once a beautiful kid-now has a recessed jaw line, sunken cheeks and a flat face.

The changes in her personality are horrific to see. Once allways a cheerful social girl, eager for all activities, who loved school, she now is depressed, does not want to see her friends, says ...

I’ve been socially isolated pretty much my entire life until recently, mainly by choice but also because of homeschooling and constant moving. Now that I’ve started trying to find friends and even romantic partners I’ve seemed to awaken a part of me I had buried that feels incredibly sorry for everything and anything I do.

I’ve named this very unintegrated part of me Sophia and she’s only spoken a few times, repeating that either she’s ...

People don't look at you when they're speaking to you. I mean, people don't look at me when they're talking to me. And not just some people - all the people I talk to......

I've been noticing it for about a year now, and I just can't figure it out. I'm not particularly funny-looking, and I'm neither too short, too tall, too fat, or too skinny, and I have a shower every day....So I don't ...

Hi, I’ve got a lot on my chest.
For those who haven’t read my last post, my ex girlfriend cheated on me and she lied and hurt me so badly and she was a narcissist towards me, abusing me and lying to me and breaking my heart and trust. It’s me that has to live with the pain she inflicted on me. I have mild autism and I feel and overthink things personally and I ...

Hi everyone.
I’m still trying to get over what my ex girlfriend did to me. She was a narcissist who cheated on me and she lied and hurt me so badly. At one point we had an argument where she reduced me to tears because I thought another woman looked pretty but I would never cheat on her. Then we had another argument where she accused me of not wanting to meet up during lockdown ...

For the last few months, I have had this horrible feeling that I am pathetic. That everyone hates me. That I'm worthless. That I'm just a child.
It does not let me concentrate because it is all that I think about. It does not let me socialize because I think everyone hates me already.It does not let me do the things I enjoy because I think they are a waste of time or something I ...

Short answer? Experience. Some have it, Some don't.

Long answer and reasons below. Warning. It's really long.

I had a really bad experience in the past. Pain. Suffering. Death. Suicide, even. Self harm and guilt. No emotions and not caring at all. Insanity. Never did any physical harm to myself but having gone through insanity I can understand why others would. Never harmed anyone but having not cared at all once I can understand why ...

Hey Everyone, here is my storie: I'm a student, i should by the end of the year have my bachelor's degree.
The problem is, it took me 5 years( instead of 3) for having this bachelor. Right now i'm supposed to send an application for a Master.
This 2 years doesn't felt like they were usefull, it felt like i was loosing my time mostly. And I failed because i was somekind a master of ...

Hey guys and thanks in advance for reading/responding.

Here's the thing. I'm 23, male, in college. I was bullied a lot in my first 2-3 years of high school to the point of being suicidal, because of my appearance (weak jaw, big ears, mostly). At the time I searched around online and most advice I had was "Yea just develop a sense of humor and a cool personality and it will work". And it did ...

I feel like I'm a terrible person. I can't say the reason why but let's say it's just because I have this feeling inside. I just feel like I can't talk to anyone. And it's true. I can't even talk about my problem anywhere and I have been attacked for feeling the way I do and ganged up on for people and made to feel like a bad person. It's hard to explain my situation ...