This Is Me !!!: March 2012

Definition

First we go through self-esteem definition..
The term self-esteem comes from a Greek word meaning "reverence for self." The "self" part of self-esteem pertains to the values, beliefs and attitudes that we hold about ourselves. The "esteem" part of self-esteem describes the value and worth that one gives oneself. Simplistically self-esteem is the acceptance of ourselves for who and what we are at any given time in our lives.

Types of Self-Esteem

People can develop the following types of self-esteem.

~High self-esteem (Normal): The person loves themselves and accepts who they are.

~Low self-esteem: The person doesn’t love themselves, doesn’t accept who they are and doesn’t value their qualities.

~Inflated self-esteem: The person loves themselves more than others and they exaggerate their qualities.

Characteristics of people with high self-esteem

They know what they can do well and they know how they can improve.
They feel happy with themselves.
They express their opinion.
They are not afraid to talk to other people.
They know how to identify and express their emotions to other people.
They participate in activities that are carried out at their school or work.
They value themselves in everyday situations. They give and ask for support.
They like tasks and don’t fear them.
They consider others, they like to help and they are willing to collaborate with other people.
They are creative and original. They invent things. They are interested in carrying out unknown tasks, and they learn new activities quickly.
They fight to reach what they want.
They enjoy the fun things in life, not only in their own lives but in others as well.
They like to carry out new activities.
They are organized in their activities.
They ask when they don’t know something.
They defend their position in front of others.
They recognize when they make a mistake.
They don’t get annoyed when people mention their qualities, but they don’t like to be insulted.
They know their qualities and try to improve their defects.
They are responsible for their actions.
They are natural leaders.

Characteristics of people with low self-esteem

They are indecisive, they find it difficult to make decisions, and they are scared of making a mistake. They only make decisions when they are 100% certain that they will achieve a good result.
They think they can’t do new things, that they don’t know anything.
They don’t value their talents. They look at their small talents and they see other people’s talents as being better.They are afraid of new things and they avoid taking risks.
They are very anxious and nervous, which makes them avoid situations which produce anguish and fear.
They are very passive, they avoid taking initiative.
They are isolated and hardly have any friends.
They don’t like to compete with others.
They avoid participating in activities which take place at their school or work.
They fear speaking to other people.
They depend a lot on other people to carry out tasks or carry out any type of activity.
They give up instead of trying.
They are not satisfied with themselves, they think they don’t do anything well.
They don’t know their emotions; therefore they can not express them.
As they don’t value themselves, they find it hard to accept criticism.
They find it difficult to recognize their mistakes.
They retain feelings of guilt when something goes wrong.
When there are negative results they look at others to blame.
They believe they are the ugly ones.
They think they are ignorant.
They are pleased other people make mistakes.
They don’t worry about their health.
They are pessimistic; they believe everything is going to have a negative outcome.
They look for leaders to do things.
They think they are not very interesting.
They believe they cause a bad impression.
They find it difficult to reach their goals.
They feel like they don’t control their lives.

Characteristics of people with inflated self-esteem

They believe they can do everything; there is nobody better than themselves.
They believe they are always right and that they never make any mistakes.
They are excessively confident of themselves; as a result they don’t see the risks of their actions.
They believe everyone loves them.
They speak out of turn and are scandalous.
They don’t consider anyone when they carry out their tasks or carryout any type of activity.
In general, people reject them for knowing everything.
They love themselves.
They feel attractive (not necessarily in a physical aspect).
They believe they are the most interesting people in the world.
They are very sure of themselves.
They believe they are natural winners.
They believe they have the best bodies.
They believe they have an impact on everyone they meet.
They like people to praise them.
They believe everyone is obliged to love them.
They believe they are their best friends.
They think they never make mistakes, but they attack others when they make a mistake.
They are usually always friendly to people: they accept people without judging them.
They fell happy and completely happy on their own.
They are constantly worrying about their health.
They are extremely optimistic.
They believe they deserve more than others.
They want to have the best clothes, perfume and material objects.
They are self-worshipping.

That is the characteristic of each types self-esteem..we can increase or decrease our self-esteem by control our behaviour.. =)

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