Top Ten Facts about Low Self Esteem
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Uncommon facts about self esteem that will help you feel better now
If you suffer from low self esteem ( or have been told you do ), or treat people with low self esteem ( or think you do ), please read on . There are a fair few myths that can block your progress if you ' re trying to lift self esteem . The good news is , low self esteem has been scientifically studied and the findings of this research helped inform the facts you ' ll find here . ( 1 )
1 ) Low self esteem is not to blame for being bad !
Firstly people with genuinely low self esteem , a poor self image and low confidence , have been insensitively lumped together with bullies , narcissists , criminals and child abusers . No , really !
A popular assumption was that people did bad things to other people because they , themselves have low self esteem . But fear not . All the evidence points to the conclusion that low self esteem is a distinct condition , so if you do have low self esteem you don ' t have to feel that you are in the same group as bullies or abusers . Research has found that people with genuine low self esteem tend to treat themselves badly , not other people . Stopping people being bullies by trying to lift their self esteem may be like trying to get an obese person to lose weight by feeding them lots of cake . In the 1980s there was a movement to raise self esteem in schools in the belief that this would stop bullies bullying and prevent future crime in society . But peer reviewed research has shown schools trying to raise self esteem don ' t prevent bullies bullying ( 2 ) ( because low self esteem wasn ' t causing them to bully ). Artificially and ineffectively focusing on lifting self esteem doesn ' t raise academic performance either ( 3 ) . As you ' ll see , the 4 methods schools used may have even damaged the sense of self worth in those suffering genuine low self esteem . Low self esteem is not to blame for nearly as many problems as has traditionally been thought . It was also assumed that self esteem could never be too high …