Do you have low self esteem?

You may have low esteem if you:

• Are not living in the present. You’re always thinking about the past or worrying about the future.
• Always want what’s just out of reach in order to be happy.
• Do things to undermine your own success.
• Put yourself down.
• Avoid real intimacy because you fear people won’t like you.
• Job-hop because you’re unhappy no matter where you go.
• Have a serious addiction, like alcohol, drugs or shopping.
• Don’t trust others.
• Apologize excessively.
• Constantly seek approval and validation from others.
• Neglect your physical appearance.
• Have a strong need for material possessions to show others how important you are.
• Believe you are not good enough.
• Fear new things or change.
• Have a lot of aches and pains.
• Are overly sensitive to criticism.
• Can’t get over a defeat or disappointment.
• Are hesitant to express ideas.
• Put others down or are overly crticial of others.
• Work harder and harder to extract some sort of value from work, but can’t find it.
• Boast and exaggerate, with a need to self-promote any successes.
• Don’t make eye contact.
• Feel hopeless.
• Don’t want to be held accountable.
• Lack energy.
• Are passive.
• Try to portray a false image to others because you don’t like who you really are.
• Lack a supportive network and feel isolated.
• Are anxious.
• See a small task as large and intimidating.
• Believe other people’s needs come before yours.
• Lose your temper a lot.
• Blame others for your problems. ^{Reference: Healthy Living}

Last year I used to read books to be more positive. It worked for me then I stopped a while and felt back down. I guess i'll have to get back to them to boost back my self esteem.