7 Positive Affirmations to Improve Your Self-Esteem
A lot of circumstances in life, especially early childhood or adolescent years can have a long lasting impact on our self-esteem. They can go a long way in determining how we perceive ourselves or how we feel about ourselves.
Self-esteem is different from self-confidence. In simple words, self-confidence is what we feel about our abilities and this can vary under different situations. Self-esteem, on the other hand, is the degree of self-worth we hold for ourselves. This is also known as positive self-regard or self-love.
Here are 7 positive affirmations that you can use to improve your self-esteem:
1. I am Unique and I Love being Me
A major reason for a low self-esteem is when we don’t love ourselves for who we are. Tell yourself that you are unique and there are qualities that you have which others may not have. Love yourself for who you are and it will go a long way in improving your self-esteem.
2. I am Confident
An important way to boost your self-esteem is to tell yourself affirmatively that you are confident, even if you may not necessarily be feeling very confident. Just the fact that you are telling yourself that will automatically boost your self-esteem and you will realize you are able to walk around confidently.
3. I am Optimistic
If you constantly feed yourself with negative thoughts about what you are not and how you cannot take on the world, you will get pulled deeper in the negative loop. A positive way to come out of it is to tell yourself that you are positive and that things will work out for the best.
4. I am Free to Make My Own Choices
Yes, absolutely! One major reason for low self-esteem is when you start to think how others feel about you and how can you please them by doing things that they like. You don’t need to please others every time in order to feel accepted. You are an individual who has the right to make his own set of choices and decisions, which at times, others may not agree with. But you are still free to make your own choices and decisions.
5. I Respect Myself
People with low self-esteem look for love and acceptance from others because their self-respect and self-love are dependent on how others see them. But a positive affirmation that you could use to improve your self-esteem is to tell yourself that you are an individual and you respect yourself for all the good qualities you have as a person.
6. What Others Say doesn’t Really Matter
Well, it’s not healthy to not pay heed to what others say or feel. But don’t allow it to decide your self-worth. Because when you suffer from a low self-esteem, you tend to pay too much attention to what others feel about you. But not everyone will have a positive input or opinion about you or your life. You should not let that affect your self-worth or self-esteem.
7. I am Grateful for the Experiences I have Had
For they have made me the person who is unique in his own ways and adds meaning to this world in his own ways. Experiences, good or bad, always teach you lessons that make you the person you are. And be grateful for those experiences.
While using positive affirmations to boost self-esteem, it is important to remember that you are unique and lovable, you come with your own set of strengths and weaknesses and that you need not be perfect.
