subject: Held Captive By Low Self-Esteem [print this page] Held Captive by: Low self-esteem Held Captive by: Low self-esteem
On my weight loss journey I keep meeting the most awesome and amazing people. Some of them have made me laugh some of them have made me cry but they all have made me want to understand and identify with them. So I started compiling a list of the things that I believe hold us captive. The first thing I notice is that most of us are suffering from, have suffered from or will suffer from is bouts of low-self esteem.
I admit I was blessed with awesome parents. Every time society, would stick a bumper sticker on me that said something negative my parents would replace it with something positive. Those messages from my parents still play through my head. "Come on you can do it!" "Finish what You start young lady" "Give it your best" "Don't you dare give up on you!" My parents programmed me so well that I continually play those tapes even more so when I am at my weakest point they give me strength and help me achieve the mission.
Well bravo for me, but I soon learned that there were others who weren't so blessed. They got to hear all the unkind stuff while they were still developing, words like " You're stupid" "You're dumb" " You will never amount to anything" "You're fat and ugly" words that hurt sting and shape little souls and break little spirits. Low-self esteem chops at the very core of a human.
Painful words that fill his or her head with lies, shame and guilt; words that robs a person of seeing their G-d-given greatness; it robs a person of seeing their true beauty and worth. The key to healing from low-self esteem is to tell yourself the truth even when nobody else will. Replace all those old tapes that say you are not pretty enough, or smart enough or strong enough. The very fact that you are alive means you have something to offer, and something to share. Free yourself from the monster of low-self esteem, hang around people who build you up. Have a mantra that you say everyday let it get deep in the core of your being. Nope I don't care if even you don't believe it at first just keep saying it until you do. An example would be "I am worthy of love" refuse to be remain prisoner to low self-esteem.
Treat yourself like the one of a kind treasure you really are.valuable, unique, precious and worthy of love.
