Lesson 3º

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People with low self-esteem

Characteristics of people with low self-esteem

They are indecisive, they find it difficult to make decisions, and they are scared of making a mistake. They only make decisions when they are 100% certain that they will achieve a good result.

They think they can’t do new things, that they don’t know anything.

They don’t value their talents. They look at their small talents and they see other people’s talents as being better.

They are afraid of new things and they avoid taking risks.

They are very anxious and nervous, which makes them avoid situations which produce anguish and fear.

They are very passive, they avoid taking initiative.

They are isolated and hardly have any friends.

They don’t like to compete with others.

They avoid participating in activities which take place at their school or work.

They fear speaking to other people.

They depend a lot on other people to carry out tasks or carry out any type of activity.

They give up instead of trying.

They are not satisfied with themselves, they think they don’t do anything well.

They don’t know their emotions; therefore they can not express them.

As they don’t value themselves, they find it hard to accept criticism.

They find it difficult to recognize their mistakes.

They retain feelings of guilt when something goes wrong.

When there are negative results they look at others to blame.

They believe they are the ugly ones.

They think they are ignorant.

They are pleased other people make mistakes.

They don’t worry about their health.

They are pessimistic; they believe everything is going to have a negative outcome.

They look for leaders to do things.

They think they are not very interesting.

They believe they cause a bad impression.

They find it difficult to reach their goals.

They feel like they don’t control their lives.