I have bad self-esteem....?

Question

Is there a book someone can recommend to help me feel better about myself....

This question is about a book! I have good friends, I have noone putting me down. I have problems and I find that books sometimes help you to find ways of solving problem. (by giving you ideas, exercises, strategies etc.) Please don't lecture me.... it doesn't help!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That comment up there is for all these people who have answered a completely diffent question.....

Thanx to everyone sticking to the question!! Really appreciate it!

Answer 1

I use a book with clients soemtimes called

Ten Days to Self-Esteem by David D. Burns

Its a book that helps ypu find the different causes of our mood slumps and how we can change the negatives to positives.

Its a good book you might check it out.

Answer 2

There is no book that is going to make you feel better about yourself. Developing better self-esteem means removing yourself from situations that drag you down, such as peers insulting you, and then repeating to yourself, in your own mind, what you want to feel about yourself, until you believe it. You already know that you have low self-esteem, so now pinpoint why. Does someone call you names? Isn't that just expressing their own ignorance? Do your folks say your worthless? Maybe they had a bad childhood and are only doing the best they know how. That doesn't make it right but obviously you know in your own heart that whatever is bringing you down is untrue. Be around people that build you up. Is there someone you can trust to talk to? if not, email me... I will listen. Sometimes, you only need to get your concerns out of you and let someone else help you understand that you are a good person.

Answer 3

Great question. I had horrible self-esteem as a kid. I think you never really get past that until you start to see yourself as the way God created you to be. For me, Romans 8 was liberating. I thought I was just fuel for hell and no real hope of being anything in life or death. Romans 8 says that God loved me so much - while I was a scumbag sinner - that he pulled out all the stops to save me. I've got God going for me, I thought, what else matters?

That may not work for you quite as well, I don't know where you are so wounded. God created you to love. He expects you to do great things. Low self-esteem keeps us from fulfilling our purpose in life. One of the most memorable books i've ever read is Mans Search for Meaning by Vicktor Frankl. He survived the Nazi Holocaust and tells of the freedom he found in the concentration camp. I think that finding meaning in life, and purpose for yours, will go a long way to helping you see the fabulous person that you are.

Don't worry too much about yourself. All people struggle with self-esteem. You'll be fine. I am doing much better these days, myself.

Answer 4

The Four Agreements; it's a very short book with powerful information. The author is Jose Luis Ruiz.

Answer 5

Yes. Actually this book is not about self esteem but about life. How to view others and yourself and how to treat yourself and others. It's called 'A spriitual solution for every problem' and I would combine that with ' what to say when you talk to yourself'

Answer 6

http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Overcoming%20Low%20Self-Esteem%3A%20A%20Self-Help%20Guide%20Using%20Cognitive%20Behavioral%20Techniques:3000655869;_ylc=X3oDMTB1c21tcDhkBF9TAzk2NjMyOTA3BHNlYwNmZWVkBHNsawNib29rcw--

Overcoming Low Self-Esteem, A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioral Techniques

Note:
The overall opinion we have of ourselves and the value we place on ourselves as people can have a dramatic effect on our happiness. If you are troubled by uncertainty and self-doubt, or have thoughts about yourself that are often critical, these beliefs can contaminate many aspects of your life, from your personal relationships to your work and leisure time. Your health and energy level may also be affected.

Based on the clinically proven techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy, Overcoming Low Self-Esteem has been developed to help
readers break out of the vicious cycle of self-destructive thinking. By learning the art of self-acceptance, readers can alter their lives for the better.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1572241985/002-2455725-7775255?v=glance&n=283155

Self-Esteem: A Proven Program of Cognitive Techniques for Assessing, Improving, and Maintaining Your Self-Esteem (Paperback)

Review
"A valueable storehouse of tactics and strategies for constructing (or renovating) the foundation of our self-estem" --Phillip G. Zimbardo, author of Shyness
--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

Book Description
Since its first publication in 1987, Self-Esteem has become the first choice of therapists and savvy readers looking for a comprehensive, self-care approach to improving self-image, increasing personal power, and defining core values. More than 600,000 copies of this book have helped literally millions of readers feel better about themselves, achieve greater success, and enjoy their lives to the fullest.

You can do it, too!

By using these books - Self-Esteem Companion, Self-esteem Guided Journal and Self _esteem, 3rd edition - as a set, you’ll be able to customize your self-esteem work with exercises and writing projects that reinforce and support the ideas in the original book.

Answer 7

Only you can make yourself feel good about yourself. surround ur self with positive people and influences; it definately starts on the inside.

Answer 8

Books won't make you feel better about yourself... you just need to talk to people.

Answer 9

Subscribe to Girls Life magazine or just stay the way you are one or the other would work....either way is fine with me...hehe...GOOD LUCK

Answer 10

a book called "a guid to goth" also u should highly consider cutting yourself it always helps me forget my iner pain.
JK, the bible.