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Symptoms of Low Self-Esteem

How does low self-esteem affect a person’s ability to succeed in their personal growth?

Every day all around the world there are lots of people carrying this burden on their shoulders.
The combination of low self confidence and perceived poor self image can lead a person to live a timid lifestyle and miss out on their full potential

Today I would like to talk about some of the symptoms of low self-esteem that you can use to see if you, or perhaps someone you care about meets these signs.

Sign #1: Unable to make quick decisions.
A person suffering from low self-esteem often has extreme difficulty making decisions for themselves or others. They procrastinate and balance every small possible outcome before committing to a decision. You’ll rarely find them in managerial or supervisory positions simply because they lack the ability to make good decisions quickly.

Sign #2: Large amounts of shame.
Poor self-esteem always causes a sense of shame inside a person. They feel ashamed because they don’t look a certain way or act in a way they think others expect them to.

Sign #3: Perfection.
The need to have everything just right and perfect is a major signs of poor self-esteem. Perfectionists take on this mindset because they think by being “perfect” they will please others or make others like them more.

Sign #4: Unable to take criticism.
The lack of confidence a person with low self-esteem has causes them to be unable to accept or handle rejection or criticism. When these things happen in their life you will often find, a person with low self-esteem retreats or becomes depressed because of a comment made by someone else. They are thin skinned

Sign #5: Overly pessimistic and/or critical.
A person with low self-esteem will often use as a defensive shield for their own feelings often take out and mirror their inner feelings onto those around them. They become exceedingly critical, especially of those closest to them. They are often pessimistic, and can seldom see the positive in any situation, let alone hope for the best and the future.

Sign #6: Constantly worries about the future.
The power of “if” and living in fear of “it” . A person with low self-esteem tends to “predict” the future by worrying constantly about things that “might” happen. They find it difficult to simply live in the moment and always have an intense fear of bad things to come.

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