Posted by Scott L. Schofield on April 24, 2000, at 9:25:12
In reply to Re: what is Self Esteem?, posted by bob on April 21, 2000, at 21:12:58
I'm sorry if this submission is out of place. I don't have the mental energy to read any of the long posts. I did have some feelings on the subject, though.
I think that one's self-esteem is the result of his comparing himself to everyone else around him. What answers are arrived at to the questions "how do I compare" and "where do I fit" are dependent upon everything they have previously experienced and the messages they were given by the people around them. How one reacts to these events is influenced by a biological template that includes temperament, cognition, and mood. How one feels about themself is the result of what answers they come up with. This is self-esteem.
One can think of himself as being the most important and gifted person in the world and still feel like the most inferior.
This is how things seem to work for me, anyway. It doesn't seem to be so complicated.
Sorry.
- Scott
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