SELF ESTEEM

By: Shaista Naved

 Content
➢ What is Self Esteem?
➢ Why Self Esteem is important?
➢ Factors influencing Self Esteem.
➢ Types of self esteem
➢ Healthy self esteem
➢ Signs of healthy self esteem
➢ Low self esteem
➢ Signs of low self esteem
➢ Conclusion
 ❖ What is Self Esteem?
• In psychology , the term self-esteem is used to describe a
person's overall sense of self-worth or personal value. In other
words, how much you appreciate and like yourself.

• Self-esteem is often seen as a personality trait , which means

that it tends to be stable and enduring.

• Self-esteem can involve a variety of beliefs about yourself,

such as the appraisal of your own appearance, beliefs,
emotions, and behaviors.
 Why Self Esteem is important?

• Self-esteem can play a significant role

in your motivation and success
throughout your life. Low self-esteem
may hold you back from succeeding at
school or work because you don't
believe yourself to be capable of
success.
 Why Self Esteem is important?
In other words, self-esteem serves a motivational
function by making it more or less likely that
people will take care of themselves and
explore their full potential. People with high
self-esteem are also people who are motivated
to take care of themselves and to persistently
strive towards the fulfillment of personal goals
and aspirations.
 Why Self Esteem is important?
Self-esteem is a somewhat abstract concept;
it's hard for someone who doesn't already
have it to know what it would be like to
have it. One way for people who have lower
self-esteem to begin to appreciate what it
would be like to have higher self-esteem is
to consider how they may feel about things
in their lives that they value
Why Self esteem
is important?
For instance, some people
really like cars. Because
cars are important to
them, these people take
really good care of their
cars. They make good
decisions about where to
park the car, how often to
get it serviced, and how
they will drive it. They
may decorate the car and
then show it off to other
people with pride…
 Factors influencing Self
Esteem

❖Childhood
❖Society
❖Media
❖People in your life
❖Childhood
During our childhood our
personalities are developing
and the people around us
have a strong effect on our
self-esteem. Did you have
parents that gave you praise
or were constantly critical of
you? Did you have teachers
or coaches that supported
you? Did your parents role
model having healthy self-
esteem themselves? Think
about all the people in your
life growing up and how
they might have influenced
your self-esteem.
❖Society
We receive lots of messages
from society about how we
should be and this can be a
major contributing factor to
self-esteem. There are
societal expectations of what
job we should have, that we
should be married by a
certain age, what kind of
clothes we wear, and how
much money we make. If
you allow other people’s
rules and expectations to
dictate who you are and how
you live your life you will
never be happy. Look
instead within yourself
❖Media
A great example is the typical
ad for a woman’s makeup line
that shows a happy attractive
woman having a good time
with lots of friends. The
underlying message is that
you must buy this product to
be beautiful, to have others
like you and accept you, and
to be happy. I love how the
company Dove decided to
push back against other beauty
companies and decided to put
real women in their
advertisements. Don’t
compare yourself to a make
believe image
❖ People in
your life
We spend a lot of time with
our friends, family, and
romantic partners and they
can heavily influence our
self-esteem. Are the people
in your life supportive of
you? Do they build you up
or drag you down? Think
about the people you spend
your time with and
contemplate whether they
are contributing to you
having a healthy self-image
of yourself or whether they
are making you feel
inadequate.
 Types of Self Esteem
High self esteem Low self esteem

• Love meeting people • Don’t believe in themselves.

• Don’t take care about others • They see themselves failing

judgments about them. before they begin.

• Have courage to express • They believe they can never

themselves. be as good as they should be
or as others.
❖ Signs of healthy
self esteem

▪ Confidence
▪ Ability to say no
▪ Positive outlook
▪ Ability to see overall
strengths and weaknesses
and accept them
▪ Negative experiences
don't impact overall
perspective
▪ Ability to express your
needs
❖ Signs of low
self esteem

▪ Negative outlook
▪ Lack of confidence
▪ Inability to express your
needs
▪Focus on your weaknesses
▪Excessive feelings of
shame, depression, or
anxiety
▪Belief that others are
better than you
▪Trouble accepting positive
feedback
▪Intense fear of failure
Self Esteem
One of the best psychologist
Abraham Maslow
How to build self esteem?
Six pillars of self esteem
Thank You
By: Shaista Naved