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Did you know that there's a difference between a healthy self esteem and an unhealthy high self-esteem?
Well, it's true. And, strangely, it seems an unhealthy high self-esteem has many of the symptoms of low self esteem.
So I talk about my understanding of this issue too, and also share a video about positive self-esteem.
Read on, to find out more... (and, of course, please feel free to share your views on this subject!)
A couple of questions for you, about self-esteem:
Do you understand this distinction?
Funnily enough, until recently, I never believed in the notion of
an unhealthy high self esteem. I thought that there was low
self esteem - unhealthy, not helpful to you nor to the people in your life
- and high positive self esteem. And that's it. But it turns out that some people's
self-esteem can be high in an unhealthy way.
So what happened recently to make me aware of this so-called unhealthy variety of self esteem. Well, let's just say that I met someone who displayed many of the so-called symptoms of high self-esteem, namely:
Message to that person (who shall remain unnamed):
"People with healthy self-esteem do not feel superior to others and do not get irritated if someone is less capable then they are!"
(There, that's told them! Hee hee.)
In fact, on the contrary, I suggest that if you have a healthy
self esteem it means you most probably recognise qualities (and strengths)
in others that these people themselves do not recognise. So...
High
self esteem should be enabling. It should empower you,
and it should empower
the people you come into contact with, too!
That's what I say, anyway.
(And maybe we could all do with testing our self-esteem, just to make sure, using
the highly regarded The Rosenberg
Self-Esteem Scale. Maybe.)
So that means that a healthy high self esteem does NOT mean
It doesn't mean anything bad, actually.
Those are my thoughts, anyway, right this moment (19th February, 2009 @ 09:12GMT) about high self-esteem. (NOTE: at time of re-writing - 7th December, 2011 - I much less offended by this person. Which is nice!...)
And if you'd asked me what I thought at 09:00GMT I would have been less clear - other than knowing I had a feeling of irritation (oh oh!) in relation to a certain, unnamed friend.
But I'm happy with my instant definition of this high form of self esteem. And you? What do you think about this issue? Please let me know! :-)
Maybe, just maybe you don't like this negative impression of positive self esteem. Maybe you think a healthy self esteem IS a high self-esteem, a bit like what this YouTube video believes...
So If you think LOW self-esteem is 'bad' and HIGH self esteem is 'good', then please feel free to share your views.
And if you agree with what I say above, then share your views too! Everyone gets to speak here at SelfhelpCollective.com.
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