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Symptoms of Low Self Esteem.

The symptoms of low self esteem might go by unnoticed in yourself or those near to you. Low self esteem has the nasty side effect of closing the door on relationships. When your self esteem has taken a hit and your evaluation of yourself is lower than it should be, reaching out becomes quite difficult. Without relationships, love, a sense of community, and a host of other needs will not be met.

There are tests online that you can do to determine if your self evaluation shows symptoms of low self esteem. However, it is likely that you know whether or not you suffer from this thinking problem. The following list is not exhaustive but covers most of the major symptoms of low self esteem.

 

A List of Symptoms

  • You make negative "I am" statements all the time.
  • You don't spend very much time living in the present
  • You fear new experiences, change, and you lacks trust.
  • You always want something someone else has or something that is beyond your means
  • Your responses to defeats or disappointments are exaggerated
  • You desire perfection, but see yourself as far from perfect.
  • You boast about and exaggerate the nature of your successes to cover up feelings of inadequacy.
  • You engage in self sabotage
  • You are a 'people pleaser' you have an overwhelming need for approval and support.
  • You put down and denigrate yourself, even your self talk reflects this with thoughts like "I don't deserve..." or "I'll never be able to..."
  • You neglect your physical appearance
  • You have difficulty making eye contact.
  • You avoiding real intimacy and deep relationships
  • You have a large desire for material possessions.
  • You engage in 'busy work' to avoid confronting your personal issues
  • You seldom express your ideas and generally don't believe in yourself.
  • You feel hopeless.
  • You struggle with a lack of energy;
  • You are passive
  • You see small task as very large and intimidating.
  • Job-Hopping
  • You have a low level of self-awareness
  • You use lots of energy to maintain a false front
  • You tend to be anxious.
  • You are very sensitive to criticism
  • You are overly critical of others putting them down
  • You are socially isolated lacking a support network.
  • You struggle with addictions
  • You focuses on and obsess about the past.
  • You are always apologizing

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    When the student is ready....

    - Buddhist Proverb

    If you can identify with any of these symptoms of low self-esteem, we suggest that you begin today to start your healing process. If you do, your life will improve and you'll find that there is more love and joy in it than you ever felt was possible. You live in a world filled with abundant amounts of love, meaning and purpose. It's all there ready and waiting for you.

    What do you do Now?

    If you've read the list and seen some of those characteristics reflected in you understand that there are some things you can do. First you need to know that all of the symptoms of low self esteem indicate a thinking disorder. This disorder makes people view themselves as worthless, inadequate, incompetent and so on. Once these thought habits are established this negative evaluation permeates every though and this produces incorrect thinking and self destructive behaviours.

    Symptoms of Low Self Esteem point to a disorder. Low self esteem in and of itself is not a symptom. This disorder is always formed during childhood. When we develop our sense of self is developing as well. Our initial view of our self and our abilities and worth becomes set with age. Once it has been set it is going to take some effort - some direct intervention to repair and recover.

    Simply deciding to raise or build one's self esteem is not enough. This thought disorder is deeply set it is not a superficial problem that can be overcome with superficial treatments. Reading a book will not do it, attending a seminar will not do it. Drastic action is necessary to go deep into the psyche and root out those old thought habits that no longer serve you as you would have them serve.

    The process is going to take time. The more time that you've been living with the symptoms of low self esteem the longer it is going to take to eradicate them. The good news is that it can be done and it doesn't have to take years. Months and even weeks is a reasonable time frame.

    The general public and a large number of therapists do not really understand what to do with the symptoms of low self esteem. They don't appreciate the consequences and don't know how to treat it effectively. Many people go to a therapist and leave feeling no better than they arrived and quite disillusioned about therapy in general. There is hope.

    The Root of the Problem

    The symptoms of low self esteem have to be addressed by going to the root of the problem. That root lays deeply entangled in your subconscious mind. The only way to get it out is to reprogram your mind. That might seem like a tall order but it can be done, and it can be done in short order. The way the disorder is placed in the mind is through the repetition of negative messages that we believe and accept as part of who we are. The way the disorder is rooted out is by blasting those negative thought habits and patterns with new positive ones.

    Symptoms of low self esteem can be smashed by smashing the disorder with affirmations. Affirmations are positive, healthy, realistic, statements that are repeated as long as necessary. These statements can be written, audible, of video. The process takes as long as it takes for your subconscious mind to accept these new statements as truth. At first it is going to reject them out of hand. They don't line up with a self concept that has been held for a very long time.

    There is technology available that can shorten the amount of time needed to deal with the symptoms of low self esteem in a very drastic way. This technology is brainwave entrainment. The way this works is that entrainment takes your mind to a state where it becomes very very receptive to messages that are presented to it. Instead of rejecting those positive, healthy, realistic affirmations it simply accepts them. And the really good news is that once the subconscious mind accepts something it will act on it immediately.

    Can you see yourself in a place where your behaviour is positive and healthy where you enjoy a life of happiness and joy? If you can you need to take the first step and act on the information given to you here. Get some affirmations with entrainment and start the change!