Satanus	Re: Low Self Esteem
	Hi Joel Talk about low self esteem. I used to get a lot of verbal abuse from my father. I wanted to just shrivel up and dissappear. The wt only made it worse, what with the fear/intimidation/guilt triad. I have now advanced to the point of feeling dispaiir at times. I am working on this though. What i started doing a few months ago is self talk. Whether we realise it or not, we all talk to ourselves, often negative talk. So, in addition to the negative talk, do positive talk. The positive things you would like to hear from others, say these things to yourself. You could even go to the point (i know this sounds stupid) of looking at youself in the mirror, at least once a day, and say 'i love you' to the image you see. You don't have to believe those afirmations you give yourself, but they seem to help.
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