I Have Low Self Esteem Stories of Experiences (Page 5)

You know you have low self esteem when you are jealous of your girlfriend because you think she is getting more attention than you or think she is the "prettier" one of you both. sigh

I have felt this way my entire life. Wherever I go, Whatever I do, Whomever I interact with--I'm almost always met with the same resistance, mockery, rejection...It's unbelievable. Family, "Friends", Peers, it doesn't matter--they seem...

I always look at others women and men and think to myself that why can't I be like them or date that guy. I'm never going to be tall, have big breasts, big butt, long silky hair or have a cruvy body. As much as I wish for that to happen...

There's this girl and
she is sad
she is hurt
she is dying
she is alone
she is lonely
she is a mess
she is judged
she is ignored
she is suicidal
she is stressed
she is confused
she is fucked up
she is depressed
she is misunderstood
she...

What if someone knew what it felt like to:
Learn and re learn the same thing over and over again
Wake up and feel lost
To feel lost most of the time
To feel directionless
To feel like an empty mind
Give up over and over again
To be...

woot!
working on it. getting better.
but sadly its this attitude that keeps us from meeting any knew people who will help us feel better about ourselves. we got to dig ourselves out of these holes.

I'm a 16 year old girl, and I have self esteem problems. Obviously. But I mean I am tired of having them. Constant thoughts like; I'm not pretty, I'm fat, my feet are to big, my hairs to curly, etc. I am just sick of thinking like that...

I have always struggled with the concept of self-esteem and where I stood in the mark of things. Today, after being ridiculed I can say, that this is a false perception or illusion based on societal views of who we are and how we...

I look so weird. Im really fat, and ugly. I have a small nose, and my lips are way too big. My eyes are green, but I wish they were any other color. I am just gross.
I thought I was ugly the second I saw myself. I just, I dont know.

I have a big head, horrible face, depression, bipolar disorder, assexual(option because my natural state is gay), crippled by depression over the years, I am talking about 16 years battling this illness. I have no elf-steem cause I am...

"You are beautiful, no matter what they say", bullsh*t, if you are ugly you are teased at school, called names, bullied and have to carry this burden for the rest of the life. And you can't date cause nobody wants you...

After years of physical and sexual abuse, my self esteem has tanked out, leaving me a 47 year old single woman who struggles with jealousy and no self confidence. I am in a service-based career where I support others but am unable to...

I think that technically I don't have low self esteem anymore. I get doubtful moments when I'm feeling weak but I don't think I actually have it anymore.

However, this is a huge progress for me. Since I was little I hated my looks...

I have always had issues with my self esteem. I have been made fun of by so many people and I always used to let it get me down. I would always feel like it was my fault and that they must be right and that there has to be something...

I am in my late 20s and I have days when i feel good, about myself, and other when i feel downright awful and old and ugly it doesn't help I'm at college with lots of younger prettier girls people often tell me how pretty I am but I...

my life has never really been where it should be at the right time.

I guess its a stereotype view of stages of growing but its like

you hit teenage life and no young teen likes you.

I was a child experiencing sexual things I...

I have never considered myself a monster but my whole life everyone has always assumed that i can do truly horrible things. I have never done such things but it seem I put off a vibe of someone who could be the next great serial killer...

I read once that this could be at the root of a lot of emotional turmoil, low self-esteem. I've been chipping away for years at all sorts of things, and I do believe gradually improving in how I relate to others, and how I relate to...

My self esteem is not so great, I tend to stare at mirrors for hours to justify whether I'm really as "beautiful" as people tell me I am, when I know deep down inside I can't agree with anyone. I've had acne since the 8th grade, and...

Wondering if anyone has suffered a similar experience to mine & if they have can they offer any guidance.
I suffer from cyclothymia (a sort of bi-polar disorder) & I'm very anxious. I take mood stabilisers, anti-depressants & anti...