The problems of self-esteem are the order of the day. Many times we speak of having low self-esteem, of the need to raise that self-esteem that, in reality, means to love ourselves a little more. But self-esteem continues to be presented as an abstract concept to which we can not fully define, let alone delimit. We are going to approach self-esteem, what it really means and how to exercise it to feel better.
What is self-esteem?
Self-esteem is the perception we have of ourselves. It covers all aspects of life, from the physical to the inside, going through the value or the competition. It is the assessment we make of ourselves that does not always conform to reality and that assessment is formed throughout life and under the influence of others.
What others see in us or, rather, what we think others see, is crucial to determining our degree of self-esteem. We enter the field of security and self-confidence, undermined by outside influences. But if there is something that determines the state of health of our self-esteem is childhood. The positive or negative reinforcement with which we have been counted from the first steps of our life will be fundamental for our emotional security in the future.
