Juegos-Trabajo-Empleo | Three Steps to Fill the Void in Your Life - Low Self Esteem

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It's amazing how many people struggle daily with low self esteem. For some people they hide it under a veneer of showiness and try to look cool. They dress to impress and get into serious debt just to make it look like they are happy, when in reality, their hearts are breaking. Many of these people have low self esteem. I'm not going to try to outline how someone gets low self esteem here; I'm just going to let you know what you can do to fix the problem!

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1) Realize what you're using to try to fill the void

For some people this could be alcohol. They get drunk to try to shove down the feelings of stress that come from the feelings they have of unworthiness and feelings that they are not good enough. Some people use illegal drugs, or even prescription drugs to try to make his or her self feel better.

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But Matt keeps working the ball and practicing. Now tryouts are only 2 weeks away and he starts tripping and missing easy goals! What's wrong! Mom says he'll be fine. Dad says not to worry that Mr. Jones is the coach! Well, what dad doesn't know is that Mr. Jones son, Randy Jones, is the meanest kid in the whole neighborhood and is always teasing Matt. Great! That makes him even more nervous! And his soccer playing gets terrible!

Now it's 1 week to go until tryouts, Matt is messing around with the soccer ball when he feels it, deep down inside he knows he can do this! Actually, Matt feels like there's another person inside him, someone who's been there all along - a very strong and brave person - kind of like a… a superhero! Yah, that's it, a superhero!

2) Realize that you're good enough

No matter what you're using to try to fill the void - what you need to hear right now is - you do not need that stuff. You really don't need it to feel better. Actually, by using all of these things to numb yourself, you're actually prolonging the agony! You aren't addressing the roots of how you feel! There is a better way.

But he has learned to use his self-doubt and fear of failure, as he says, to "flip that negative energy around and make it a challenge. I keep going because I doubt myself. It drives me to be better."

Energy psychiatrist Judith Orloff, MD works with many people including actors to help them transform strong negative emotions like anxiety into positive energy for creativity. She has specific techniques in her book Emotional Freedom.

The Self-Esteem Supercharger is a CD program based on sports psychology that can help enhance confidence.

Many athletes report that listening to the program before a game or match improves their performance. It may also help you before an audition or performance you can be Published without charge. You can to republish this article in your website or blog. Please provide links Active.