The Issue of Low Self Esteem
Low self esteem is a problem most often overlooked by the past generations. In
the past, low self-esteem was deemed to be a problem of the person, and not the
people around him or her. Low self esteem was often scorned as being a fault and
not a problem.
It seems that people before viewed having low self esteem as a choice made by
those who are born losers. People viewed low self esteem as the mark of those
who would never really succeed at what they want. People thought that self
esteem was caused by being a loser, and not the other way around.
 Now, we have discovered that it is actually having low self esteem that causes
losing streaks. It is low self esteem that decides a person's defeat even before
the battle has begun. It is low self esteem that triggers a self-fulfilling
prophecy that causes the downfall of the underdog.
What are the worst effects of having low self esteem?
1) Eating disorders- We have all heard of different cases of eating disorders.
We have seen on television just how dreadful cases of eating disorders can be.
Many people have seen the story of the anorexic teen who, though reduced to a
bag bones, still thinks that she is too fat. Eating disorders result from a
person feeling inadequate, a sure sign of low self-esteem.
2) Violence - There are different types of violence that occurs in our world
today, and most of them come from self esteem issues. Gang violence, for
example, comes from one gang's need to prove themselves. As John Irving said in
"The Hotel New Hampshire", "there's nothing worst than a gang with an
inferiority complex".
Domestic violence also sprouts from low self esteem. The
person who beats the other up usually does it in order to prove his or her
superiority because of the fact that they don't really believe in themselves.
 3) Addictive behaviors - This includes drug abuse, alcoholism, and smoking. You
see, without their vices, these people often feel that their lives are not
enough. They try to cover for their low self esteem by these habits. Drugs, for
example, make a person forget about the harshness of his reality. Trapped in the
fantasy world where he or she is not lacking anything, the person is reduced to
little more than a zombie, thriving in the unreality of drug-induced dreams.
There are also addictive behaviors, like smoking, which a person takes up in
order to appear more acceptable to society. Smoking only increased in popularity
when mass media portrayed the habit as something done only by cool people.
Therefore, those with low self esteem turned to smoking to enhance their image.
4) Sexual promiscuity - Sometimes, it is not really a craving for different
partners that drives a person to become sexually promiscuous. More often than
not, low self esteem drives that person to try over and over again to prove to
him or herself that he or she can indeed satisfy another person. Sometimes, a
person feels inadequate, even though his or her sexual partners keep assuring
him or her of his or her sexual prowess.
Some persons want to believe what their partners tell them, but they are always
seeking the ultimate proof by going to other people. This is a sure sign of low
self esteem.
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Hubris or hybris, according to its modern usage, is exaggerated
self pride or self-confidence, often resulting in fatal
retribution. In Ancient Greek hubris referred to actions taken in
order to shame the victim, thereby making oneself seem superior.
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