Low self-esteem is one cause of depression says a lecturer of Chula’s Faculty of Psychology who also provides easy steps one can follow to increase self-esteem, and provide one’s solutions to the various problems we all face.
Happiness is something that we all desire, yet problems in life are also normal and unavoidable. Problems such as those concerning relationships, work, education, financial status, or health can be discouraging and lessen our self-esteem which ends up exacerbating those problems even more and leading eventually to a state of depression. university thailand
It is therefore important to maintain one’s strength and a positive attitude to face our adversities. Such strength doesn’t exist anywhere far but is within us and depends a lot on how we view ourselves. Dr. Poonsub Areekit of the Faculty of Psychology, Chulalongkorn University offers tips on how to nurture self-esteem to achieve understanding with those around you as well as to reinforce one’s ability to face those problems as well as to find happiness and fulfillment.
How does one define self-esteem?
Some of us might have wondered what self-esteem is and how it differs from self-confidence.
To Dr. Poonsub, self-confidence is a notion that emphasizes the confidence derived from one’s skills and abilities like cooking or painting, etc. Each individual might have some areas about which they are confident or other areas that they lack the ability or skill and hence has no confidence.
Self-esteem, on the other hand, concerns the overall attitude toward oneself. It concerns the temperament or viewpoint that the individual has towards themselves and may not be what is apparent to others in the same way as a skill or ability is. One might say too, that a person who has self-confidence in their skills or ability does not necessarily mean they perceive their value or self-worth.
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