THE POTENTIAL
OF A WOMAN
Betty
A
recent study was done by Krueger & Trussoni on Women’s Self-Concept
and the Effects of Positive or Negative Labelling Behaviours. It revealed
that a woman’s impression of others is directly proportional to how she
feels/thinks about herself.
Self-concept is basically how you think or feel about yourself and affects what
you believe you can or can’t do. It essentially dictates the level of happiness and
contentment in our lives.
Your self-concept can be low, making the world a harsh and dark place, or it
can be high, allowing you to love and appreciate the things in your life, and
most importantly, YOU.
The first step to discovering who you are as a woman and the level of your
self-concept is to find out who and what you are in your own eyes. You can
never truly love anyone if you don’t inherently and genuinely love yourself.
Having unwavering conviction about who you are will enable you to withstand
any negativity and criticism which often shuts us down and causes us to be
withdrawn.
The only way you can achieve this is by fully accepting who you are, flaws and
all, and owning every part of you with no excuse or apologies. This way, you
will not feel the need to justify yourself to people, and even when you’re faced
with disapproval or rejection, you can hold your head high and swiftly move on
from it with your self-worth intact.
A healthy self-concept allows you to be alone and happy. Feeling in constant
need for peoples’ affection or attention is a strong indicator that your
impression of yourself is ailing. Just because you’re alone doesn’t have to mean
that you’re lonely. Often, people in an endeavour to fix their loneliness go on
self-destruct mode, doing all sorts of superficial things- excessive drinking,
partying, and lewdness to fill the void.
DOZ Magazine | March 2020
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