WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF LOW SELF-ESTEEM? Part 2
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF LOW SELF-ESTEEM? Part 2
Such people are rarely relaxed and at ease. They keep looking for different jobs and lines of work. The reason why they are always looking for something else to do is that they are lack self-confidence. They drift from one crisis to another, and blame fate for their woes.
A few of them take to alcohol, drugs, food, sex etc to get a
temporary “high”. But this rarely helps them in the long run.
They fail to generate a sustainable feeling of happiness and
contentment.
People with low self-esteem also have problems getting close to
others. They are not comfortable with intimacy and create
barriers to prevent people from coming close to them. They don’t
like to open up to people and to reveal their innermost thoughts.
They may be nursing some old bad experience with someone who
caused them a lot of pain or who let them down when they were
most vulnerable. By forcing themselves to live in a world of
self-denial they are doing a great damage to themselves. They
fail to benefit from the company of others, and keep entrenching
themselves deeper and deeper into their negative world. They may
ultimately reach a stage where they may be declared beyond
salvage.
But this is not good for society. People with low self-esteem
must be helped. Their symptoms must be diagnosed, and help
provided if they have to be turned into useful members of
society. This help can be given by family members, friends,
teachers or by trained psychologists.
