what low-esteem can look like…  

  • struggling to make decisions - and trusting those decisions

  • caring more what others think than what you know

  • getting very anxious before/during social situations

  • finding it hard to assert your needs and wants

  • always comparing yourself with others

  • speaking harshly to yourself

  • finding it hard to figure out what you want to do; feeling a sense of aimlessness

  • doubting your competency in spite of experience

  • considering joy to be an aberration rather than a birthright

  • getting easily stressed and overwhelmed

  • agreeing with others rather than saying what you believe

  • repeating bad habits even though you know they’re bad for you

  • getting lost in negative thought spirals easily

  • feeling life happens to you rather than with you