Self-Esteem

toc = Definition: = a person's sense of self-worth. Gen Psych, Chapter 11, p. 359

the term **self-esteem** is used to describe a person's overall sense of self-worth or personal value. Self-esteem is often seen as a personality [|trait], which means that it tends to be stable and enduring. Self-esteem can involve a variety of beliefs about the self, such as the appraisal of one's own appearance, beliefs, emotions and behaviors.

= Examples: = A person that is confident in themselves and thinks highly of themselves usually has a high self-esteem. In other words they value themselves as a person and as an individual.


 * Self-esteem is an essential human need that is vital for survival and normal, healthy development.
 * Self-esteem arises automatically from within based upon a person's beliefs and consciousness.
 * Self-esteem occurs in conjunction with a person's thoughts, behaviors, feelings and actions.

= Analogies: = Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.” ―Marilyn Monroe

“//I// care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself.” ― Charlotte Brontë, //Jane Eyre// When you're different, sometimes you don't see the millions of people who accept you for what you are. All you notice is the person who doesn't.” ― Jodi Picoult, //Change of Heart//` “Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, but define yourself.” ― Harvey Fierstein

“There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.” ― Laurie Halse Anderson, //Wintergirls//

= Mnemonics: = SELF- you Every Single Thing that Eats up or Eats down Myself

=In the News:=

David McCullough Jr.'s speech takes on the self-esteem movement In a commencement speech that eviscerated the self-esteem movement, Massachusetts high school graduates were told the welcome truth that praise must be earned.

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