A Daily Struggle

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 racists out there. In my elementary school, I was always being bullied because of the color of my skin. That is where the seed was planted. My self esteem has improved little by little within the past 3 years. I've just been constantly working on myself. I still have my days but I am better than I was before. I want to be able to help and give advice to anyone out there who are also struggling. I am here if you need to talk

Kimmy,
I am very sorry to hear about your self esteem struggles. That sounds really rough to go through. It is terrible that people are still like that! I have not really been bullied a lot, however people tend to ignore me a lot (family, co-workers), and I am often left alone and sad. (This definitely lowers my self-esteem). What you are going through sounds much more difficult though. My boyfriend was bullied really bad back in high school and he still struggles with it, however his self esteem has improved over time. I think what has helped him is: his job (he works in real estate so he frequenlty interacts with people) and he says that I have helped too. (He vents to me too and I do the same to him as well). I am sorry I do not have much advice, I just wanted to let you know you are not alone, and you are very strong to get through all of that.