Is it really any wonder with recently broken up families, stressed families, being or feeling different in some way, normal human evolutionary behaviour (missing someone, feeling lonely-not part of a or the “pack”…etc) and most of all: SOCIETY and MEDIA, that so many young people have low self esteem nowadays?
All I can say is, as clichéd and untrue to young brains this
may sound, feelings DO pass. After a while, with maturity, you end up changing
how you cope and react to things in life. YOU have a choice in how you REACT to things.
You end up feeling okay/good in your skin. EVEN if being you means you feel
different and you don’t fit in “the crowd”, or indeed any sort of “crowd” you
may know of. And this is from someone who used to self harm, smoke, and drink
to feel “confident”, from ages 12-17.
Low self esteem doesn’t just affect kids, of course, but people
my age or younger too, and for a myriad of reasons. But in the grand scheme of
things:Get help, trust your gut, individuality is cool, and be YOU-not what the media, friends, family or even YOU say you are or should be.
-Xx-
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