Stories from the Collective...

My Low Self Esteem Signs Are Plenty...

by Starfire
(USA)

I have many symptoms of low self esteem, unfortunately, including these...

I hate having all the attention on me because I automatically think I'll make a fool of myself.

When I see pictures of my friends online, in the yearbook, or see them in person I get jealous because I think they look so much better than me.

I always think I'm ugly and don't believe people when they compliment me because its so rare and it makes me think they just want something from me.

Amy Twain's Fabulous Self Esteem (Free Report)

I never really know how to show how I'm feeling. So the one time I had a boyfriend I really loved, he left me because he thought I didn't really love him and couldn't show that I did.

I'm constantly getting mad over the smallest things, like if my friends make a joke about something I don't find funny; and I'm always tired.

I never really sleep anymore at night because I lay awake thinking about how much I wish I could be more outgoing but know I can't

I shy away from people my age or older because I feel like I'm not good enough to be around anyone other than young kids who don't know how to hate yet.

I tried to get a guy's attention, to be friends with him, but I had to go through a friend of his to send him notes. And I couldn't bring myself to put my name on them so I signed them "a friend", but when I finally told him it was me he didn't seem to care.