How you go take Strengthen Your Mind To Overcome Low Self-Esteem
Self-esteem na the thoughts, opinions, and belief wen we get about ourselves. Our self-esteem dey go up and down but e get level wen e dey reach wen we go say e stable.
Wen self-esteem healthy, we go believe in our ability to create positive change, achieve our goals, follow people talk with confidence, and deal with life ups and downs.
But when our self-esteem low, we go dey see ourselves and our lives for negative and critical manner. We go dey see ourselves in terms of the things wen we nor fit do and bcos of that one we go come dey feel say people nor for love us, we nor reach , and we nor dey worthy .
All these negative, self-critical thinking go begin affect our behaviour and the kind of choices wen we dey make, and e go keep our self-esteem low. If this thing wen I dey talk so sound like something wen you dey struggle with, nor give up, you fit fight am!
Here na how you go take fight am :
Get Journal for self-reflection
To dey write for Journal fit dey helpful for many ways wen you dey combat low self-esteem. E fit help you uncover the unhelpful beliefs, thinking, emotions, or behaviours wen dey lock you down.
Once you don dey aware of these things, e go come dey l easier to act on. One good tip na make you write the exact thing wen you they think and wen you dey feel nor edit or reread am or make you dey try make the situation look better pass as e be .
You fit do this one sometimes wen you dey feel low and den begin read all you write and start to take note of the patterns. Wetin be the thoughts or beliefs wen reoccur ? Which unhelpful behaviours dey present? Many times these thoughts/beliefs nor true and the behaviour pattern go show up for your response to them.
For instance, “I feel like I dey bother people and nobody wan follow me talk ’, so “I try to hide from people. I nor dey fit speak up for myself or ask help from others
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Create table, make you write these beliefs wen nor be true for one side and counter them with positive things for the other side.
For example:
“I feel like I dey bother people and nobody wan follow me talk ”
"My friends dey like am wen I open up to dem and wen I follow dem gist"
If you dey struggle to find the good things, ask your loved ones for some of the favourite things wen dem like about you.
Work on self-improvement
Many factors fit dey contribute to your low self-esteem. Some of them dey within your control to change and for some, you fit need little help. If you take active steps to work on things you fit change na one great way to boost your self-esteem.
If your posture na source of worry for you, you fit start to dey stretch and being mind the way you dey siddon , stand, and waka. You fit see specialist if e require some help for you to take resolve am . If na the way you dey talk or pronounce be major issue for you, work on am with one word at a time.
Watch speech/diction classes for YouTube and practice with trusted friend/family member. Just say you take step to improve all these things fit be major lift for you and once you start to see improvements, e go surprise you how you go take feel better pass before.
Talk to mental health professional
If low self-esteem they high e fit come difficult and go turn to long-term task. If e feels too difficult, you suppose get help. mental health professional fit help you uncover any issues wen fit dey cause your low self-esteem childhood trauma, frequent comparisons with others, abuse, or mental health conditions like body deformity or depression.
Low self-esteem wen arise from issues like this fit dey difficult to tackle without support. therapist go help you understand and resolve emotions and behaviours wen dey triggered by these factors, den e go teach you coping strategies, and provide support through the process.
Conclusion
To Overcome low self-esteem dey take time and patience. Na long-term journey and e fit dey easy to lose hope if you dey feel like say changes nor dey or you start to doubt yourself. Nor give up! Think of wetin you wan achieve and why you start the journey in the first place. You dey make progress even if you nor fit see am yet.
