Self-esteem and self acceptance are highly important because they heavily influence your decisions and choices in life. People with high self-esteem focus on growth and improvement, whereas people with low self-esteem focus on not making mistakes in life.
Self-acceptance is an individual's satisfaction or happiness with oneself, and is thought to be necessary for good mental health.
Having low opinion of yourself can affect our emotions by feeling : Depressed, hurt, angry, frustrated, anxious, ashamed, guilty and stressed Negative and self-critical thoughts such as "I'm so stupid, I'm worthless, It's all my fault, I'm a failure and I'm not good enough."
if you ever find yourself :
✿ Comparing yourself to others
✿ Not accepting any compliments that you receive
✿ Negative self-talk
✿ Feeling like you’re the odd one out
By being highly critical of yourself and focusing on the negatives your self esteem becomes lower.
ways to improve your self esteem could be :
✿ Positive self-talk, be kind about yourself and your achievements.
✿ Do things that you enjoy and Celebrate the small stuff.
✿ Manage your inner critic, would you talk to your best friend like the way you talk about yourself?
✿ Don't get held back by the pressure of perfection, perfection does not exist
✿ View mistakes as a learning opportunity, Don't beat yourself up when you make a mistake, mistakes are so important and vital for self improvement and learning.
✿ Everyone excels at different things, Don't compare yourself to others, everybody is different
✿ Focus on the people you care about and feel good about yourself.