How high is your self esteem? (Be honest)

Started by kissing. raindrops March 9th, 2009 7:00 PM
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How high is your self esteem?

kissing. raindrops

just jump, you might fly <3

Age 30
Female
Canada
Seen July 24th, 2012
Posted August 24th, 2011
1,474 posts
14.9 Years
Honestly. How high is your self esteem? Why is it so high/low, or in the middle?

Mine's average I guess, it used to be pretty low but I've been able to pull myself up =]
I think I'm decent looking, and I'm a nice person, so it's in the middleish.

i wanna be the wind that fills your sails,
& be the hand that lifts your veil.
& be the moon that moves your tide,
the sun coming up in your eyes.
be the wheels that never rust,
& be the spark that lights you up.
all that you've been dreaming of and more,
so much more, i wanna be your everything.. <3

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Spinor

&lt;i&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;b1373f&quot;&gt;The Lonely Physicist&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/i&gt;

Age 27
Male
Seen February 13th, 2019
Posted October 4th, 2015
5,175 posts
17.3 Years
I have an very mixed self esteem on areas.

I always have it high on stuff I can do. But the thing is, I suck at socializing. My self-esteem to resist is very low.

It also tends to swing often. But that is expectable.

Sublime

Blimey!

Age 30
NOT TODAY PEDOPHILES!
Seen July 16th, 2012
Posted July 3rd, 2012
4,016 posts
14.8 Years
My self-esteem manages to be in the middle-high. I've learned in life(and from my mother because she keeps doing it over and over again) that being depressed, sad and whatnot won't get you really far in life. If you want something, and if something is bothering you, you have to take action against it and for it. You can't just wait for the opportunity to just pass by, you have to strike when the time is right. It is only then(if I'm actually right) that you won't regret you actions and actually feel fulfilled for times to come.

I always keep my entire life in my mind; what my future would be like if I ever remained down about myself. You see, I would lose a lot more people than gain. Not only is it sort of pathetic, but also just really looked upon as immature when you're really sad and you just can't feel any better. Sure, it may be something dysfunctional that's really affected you in your life, but I'm just going to be sort of cliché about that and just say to move on from past dilemmas. Current dilemmas are your opponents, and as such you must defeat them and not wait for them to overpower you.
I couldn't agree more, my friend.

As for myself, I would say I have pretty high self-esteem.
I don't let what people say get to me, and I have great confidence in myself and what I do. Being optimistic helps too :]

X-626

Age 33
Male
Seen July 17th, 2012
Posted July 7th, 2012
1,325 posts
14.3 Years
Mine is...pretty low, actually. *points to nature* I dunno why...it just is. There are a few areas here and there where it is somewhat high, but those are very few. I should probably have high self-esteem for what people tell me, though. I'm not depressed or anything, I just think lowly of myself. (If that makes sense.) I've been teased and made fun of a lot throughout school, so that could be the reason for it.

Aizuke

long sword style

Age 33
Male
Canberra, Australia
Seen November 6th, 2015
Posted November 6th, 2015
3,025 posts
15.3 Years
Self esteem was a big issue for me, I've been going up and down with my self esteem over the past years. Probably due to the teasing, taunts and bullying I received through out my childhood which then stopped for a few years, then came back during my years in high school. Though there was one year where my self esteem had completely gone down to the lowest, that would be the first year of high school. But over the years, my self esteem has slowly risen up. Though when I went overseas with my parents, I was self conscious a lot, because of how people thought of others there. How I was different from everyone else, because I was raised in an English society, which also made me paranoid about what others would think or say about me, even though I understood what everyone had said.

But, as I reached college (year 11 and 12 here) my self esteem went up a lot, because I had made good friends, who treated me like a normal person and who liked me for myself. It shouldn't really matter to one's self what others think of you, which lead to the negative thoughts you think about yourself. But I guess that's just human nature and the society we live in. Though now, I would say my self esteem is pretty high. This would be due to important people in my life, who have taught me valuable lessons about myself.

You can't love others, if you can't love yourself.
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Pechachu

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Female
Buttsville
Seen September 18th, 2016
Posted April 9th, 2013
255 posts
14.8 Years
It's.. Pretty low. I don't think I'm going to go into it, but I have a few anxieties. ._.
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Ho-Oh

used Sacred Fire!

Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
It's high until something bad happens to me.

During November last year, for example, I hated myself because I missed out on two important things and thought I was useless... this was also brought on by something else that I can't quite remember, but also irritated me. I should maybe find out... BUT! Yeah. Whenever I miss out on something I think the whole world hates me. Though a good thing is that I believe everything is destined to happen, so I don't think as bad as I could about myself. Though now, when either of those two things are mentioned, I tend to blame others and still think I'm smart.

Sooo. Overall probably average. XD;

Limey-chan

Batzu

He/Him
Mt Moon
Seen May 27th, 2021
Posted October 31st, 2020
2,523 posts
14.2 Years
I voted medium but in truth it swings back and forward depending. I'm pretty okay about myself but I tend to take put-downs etc to heart and it knocks my confidence a little. I can recover pretty quickly though imo.

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Cherrim

Age 34
she / her
Toronto
Seen 19 Hours Ago
Posted 19 Hours Ago
33,052 posts
20.4 Years
............off the scales. 8D;

I've got exceptionally high self-esteem. I always have and... hopefully I always will? Only problem with it is I can have problems understanding when others have issues with self-esteem since I've never been there and can't really relate so I come off seeming like I don't care when really I just don't know how to help. :(


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Ivysaur

Grass dinosaur extraordinaire

Age 32
He/him
Madrid, Europe
Seen 1 Day Ago
Posted April 5th, 2023
21,076 posts
16.2 Years
Really high, because I have proved myself I can do something if I try enough. And when I get a hit one day, the next one I'm getting a personal congratulation from someone or something like that, so it goes back to its normal level.

Plus, being with people with less self-esteem makes me think I have an ever higher one. I like helping people becoming more confident in themselves too.

Corvus of the Black Night

Wild Duck Pokémon

Age 30
Non-binary
With the Birds
Seen January 9th, 2015
Posted January 9th, 2015
3,416 posts
14.3 Years
Low. Maybe even none.

Sure, sometimes I feel confident, but it's rather rare to say that. Paradoxally, I like being independent and a follower at the same time. So bleah.
Seen January 1st, 2023
Posted April 20th, 2020
4,423 posts
15.4 Years
As high as you'll let me say it can be. I'm very, very confident in my abilities and myself. A lot of people have tried to bring me down over the course of my life and I've held strong, so hopefully it'll stay that way.
'It's been a prevalent notion. Fallen sparks. Fragments of vessels broken at the Creation. And someday, somehow, before the end, a gathering back to home. A messenger from the Kingdom, arriving at the last moment. But I tell you there is no such message, no such home -- only the millions of last moments . . . nothing more. Our history is an aggregate of last moments.'

Signomi

Age 32
Female
Britland (United Kingdom)
Seen 1 Week Ago
Posted October 10th, 2022
7,480 posts
17.8 Years
I'd say mine is quite high, or at least higher than it used to be. I can remember a time where I just found so little self-esteem in myself and always predicted the worse of outcomes out of my attempts to do something right. Nowadays I'm quite keen on my abilities and my confidence has grown a lot more, to the point I can find my goals becoming more and more within my reach with every passing day.

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Jorah

What do I put here?

Age 32
Female
UK
Seen August 18th, 2021
Posted September 24th, 2016
4,214 posts
17.1 Years
Quite low. I hate and am kind of scared of criticism and I'm sure when people say something's good they're just lying...I don't want to go into too much more detail XD I mean, even on the internet if I debate someone I'm nervous about the responce they're going to give, heh. But some days I feel quite confident in myself and don't anything mind at all. It depends how I'm feeling, I think
Seen September 18th, 2020
Posted February 18th, 2018
7,741 posts
16.6 Years
My apathetic nature is both the cause and remedy to my esteem.
It's low by default anyway though since logically speaking, I know I am the sort of person that has all the traits you don't want to put on a CV. I surely am going to have a tough time when it comes to producing one of those... but then because I don't care anyway I'm still content with myself. It's a curious cycle of fluctuation.