Breaking the Chain of Low Self-Esteem
Language: English
Pages: 308
ISBN: 0966431588
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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Take your time. The more examples you can think of, the better. 2. Place a brief description of each significant experience in either the positive or negative column. 22 Breaking the Chain of Low Self-Esteem 3. Identify the specific feelings (as best as you can remember) that you had immediately following each event, e.g., sad, happy, deflated, discouraged, encouraged, angry. If your list includes many examples where you were neglected, shown disapproval, criticized, or ridiculed, you may
insecure and has often been jealous and critical of her friends and activities. She told Tim that she would choose her own friends and that she was disappointed that he would be so judgmental about something that had no affect on him personally and certainly no affect on their own relationship. This is but another example of how people who feel insecure and who have rigid beliefs are intolerant of the beliefs of others as though others’ differing perspectives somehow impose on their own lives.
needs met from within; instead, they try to find happiness by attaching themselves to someone they love and admire. Placing their future in the hands of someone else, submitting and deferring, they surrender the right and opportunity to choose for themselves and to chart their own path in life. When Jane attached herself to John, she had certain expectations of him. She assumed he had her best interests at heart, and she put him “in charge” of her life, relinquishing her right to make her own
cycle thousands of times while growing up. 170 Breaking the Chain of Low Self-Esteem Everyone is lovable In truth, all people are lovable. That does not mean, of course, that everyone will love us or that we will love everyone else but there are people who can really love us just as we will meet people we will grow to love. When we can understand and separate the facts about who we are from inappropriate and inaccurate feedback about us, we can begin to find our true selves. Sorting out these
well-planned behaviors or actions as a test. Examples: 1. Fixes a special dinner, buys a little surprise, or does something special for a person. Later, the person watches and waits to see if her partner will do something similar in return, which would indicate he loves her. 2. Wears a particular item of clothing to see if her partner notices and comments. If he fails to comment on her clothes, he will have failed the test. 3. Makes flattering remarks to her significant other about a handsome