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发信人: don (北西南东), 信区: English
标 题: Building Self-Esteem and Self Confidence
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年12月14日19:22:57 星期四), 站内信件
Self confidence usually is based on how well or not so well we've done
in previous situations. This end product is how we feel about ourselves.
Our self worth is based upon our previous performance. We all tend to
base our own personal values on how successfully we perform in different
situations and we often require perfect performance of ourselves. If we
don't live up to our perfect standards, we end up lowering our values
of ourselves. We're heavily influenced by our society which values
flawless performance and places great emphasis on winning and performing
perfectly. We often lose sight of the fact that we can value
ourselves in spite of making mistakes. While it is only natural to
care about performing as well as we can, it is also important to learn
to feel good about ourselves just for who we are, mistakes and all. It's
probably good to get back to the feeling we had as children. As
children, we had self confidence without even questioning it. We were
valued for just being people, for just being in this world. The value
that other people placed on us and that which we placed on ourselves had
very little to do with how well we did or how well we performed. As
adults we often believe we must continually justify our place in the
world, that we have to somehow prove to other people that we are
worthy of their esteem and through their eyes we can, therefore, prove
to ourselves that we are really valuable. Often we spend excessive
amounts of time doing that and we lose sight of the basic fact that we
are usually all right just as we are, in spite of the fact that we are
not perfect.
How can we go about increasing our self confidence, when we find it
decreasing? There are a number of things we can do. One thing that often
helps people who are feeling low, is making a list of the things that
they do like about themselves. By making a list like this we can
sometimes rediscover those very likable qualities about ourselves that
we often take for granted. Another thing we can do when we are feeling
low is to take some time to do something nice for ourselves, something
we find enjoyment in. We can take the time to treat ourselves with
fondness and kindness, as we would a dear and valued friend.
Another interesting thing is that it is easy to forget that there are
things that we do well. Continued frustration or attempting things
that we have difficulty with can lead to feelings of clumsiness and
inadequacy. It doesn’t take long when we experience these feelings to
find our self confidence seems to have decreased. One thing we might
do at this time is to make a list of the things that we do well and to
do one of these things on the list everyday. It has been shown that
although this method of increasing our self confidence sounds simple, it
is often very effective.
One of the things mentioned earlier is very important to watch out for.
When our successful or our good feelings are dependent upon others
approval of us, we are placing all of our value in someone else’s
hands. This means our self confidence is totally dependent on how
other people feel or act toward us. This is what children do out of
necessity, because they don’t have the inner resources as we do as
adults. But as adults, we can begin to learn how to give ourselves
confident feelings and to maintain them. Being aware of what a
vulnerable thing it is to put our whole self worth into someone else’
s hand, might help to avoid this pitfall. Maintaining our self worth
or self confidence might also require reminding ourselves of the
things that we value in ourselves, keeping in mind those qualities we
really appreciate. Sometimes it helps going to a long and trusted friend
or spouse and talking over our feelings of discouragement. In the
process of talking with someone else, we might begin to recall the
valuable things about us or be reminded of them by our friend.
Finally, another way to rebuild our self confidence is to try doing
and risking things that we’ve never tried before. It’s always a little
bit of a challenge in doing new things and just the act of accepting
these challenges, some little and some big, whether we are successful or
not, often increases our self confidence.
What about people who have already tried these things that were
mentioned and who still have questions or concerns about their self
confidence? Temporary fluctuations in our feelings of self confidence
are fairly common, they happen to most of us. However, if our self
confidence is low for a prolonged period of time or our mood shifts
quite often, it might be very important to seek professional help. One
thing that might be happening is that we never really developed a good,
solid concept of ourselves as we were growing up and so as result, we
don’t have a firm, positive concept of ourselves to build on. A
mental health professional can be very helpful in our establishing a
positive self image. There are mental health agencies in your
community you may wish to contact if you would like to further discuss
the area of self confidence. If you are a student or student spouse at
the University of Florida, you can call or come into the University of
Florida Counseling Center, located at 301 Peabody Hall. Someone will
be happy to talk with you about your concerns.
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