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Posted by in Health Articles at December 05, 2008
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low self esteem You may wonder but it is a fact that many people are the victims of low self-esteem. There are many ways for this low self-esteem to harbor in your mind. Most people who suffer from inferiority complex can trace the cause for it to their childhood. It is your up-brining that plays major role in establishing certain beliefs in your mind. Also, your social circle plays an important role in enhancing your esteem to a significant level.

But as we can sense, no two individuals have similar atmosphere whether while growing up or after turning into adults. One needs to consider another postulate that low self-esteem runs in families. The parents if have low self-esteem, the children may inherit the trait. Whatever the cause may be, low self- esteem is often the cause of worry at all ages. The problem may crop up especially when you need to communicate with your peers or other people in any unit. This however does not mean that these are unintelligent people. Rather, many people with terribly low self-esteem have done amazingly well in many difficult tests. The problem is however seen when they appear for any one-to-one correspondence courses in which they need to communicate their knowledge to others.

But experts warn these people with inferiority complex that you should seek counseling help while dealing with your problem. The problem can prove detrimental to your life. Let’s see what problems low self-esteem can pose-

  • Inability to express one’s feelings due to low self-esteem may result in collection of huge dump inside one’s mind resulting in hoards of psychosomatic illnesses. Thus, the person may suffer from undue stress leading to hypertension and heart ailments.
  • The low self esteem affects the person’s ability to recognize new challenges life throws at them. Thus, many opportunities are missed by such people due to sheer fear of accepting the challenges.
  • People with inferiority complex cannot mix in any group easily. Therefore, they may be unnecessarily taken otherwise by their peers and may not be able to find fast friends in their life.
  • These people often fall behind in the race for promotions in any firms due to their inability to show others their worth. In this world of exhibitionism, often the people who can display their talents have an edge over them though they may be intellectually weaker.
  • Finding a life partner is often difficult for these people because they are unable to vent out their feelings in front of anybody.
  • The fear of failure is so dominant in these people at times that they do not undertake unknown ventures in life, thus depriving them of newer avenues to make life better.

The stressful environment that results from low self-esteem is the cause of worry. If the self-esteem is too low to handle even the life’s day to day challenges, it poses serious threat to one’s being in this world. Many psychotherapists suggest counseling for these people. The options suggested by psychotherapists are-

  1. List all your positive things in life. Read this twice daily so that your confidence level will get a boost.
  2. Join clubs where you can meet new people and try to communicate with them as frequently as you can.
  3. Talk to yourself loudly about your feelings when you are alone. Then try to speak out same feelings to someone close to you.
  4. Opt for herbal or Bach flower remedies that can help you to acquire an inner strength to face the challenges. But always consult an expert before starting anything.
  5. Attend motivational seminars and conferences on low self esteem and stress. This will help you realize your problem better and find a remedy for it!

Posted by in weight loss at April 04, 2008
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I believe that the main thing which is required in loosing weight is the will power and self motivation. Indeed, you need to have the right diet plan to stick to, not just for some period but for a long time. Half of the time the weight loss comes back, one of the main reasons is that initially you are not taking enough calories, but after reducing sufficient amount of weight, again you go back to your old habits of eating tempting unhealthy food options.

I can tell you from my personal experience, I used to be a big gobbler! My favorite pass time was to watch TV and munch some or the other fattening stuff all day long, as I never used to go out with friends that much. I was so conscious of my appearance that the only way of interacting with my friends was to talk over the phone. There were so many personal issues I was dealing in my life; I considered food to be my rescue boat, all the comfort foods used to relive me from the stress for some time. Obviously, it was making me fatter day by day. I did try to loose many times, and once in a while I did manage to reduce but not for long.

Every time I lost some weight I regained it, due to this factor my moral was too low. Fortunately, I came across to a new diet plan in which the food options were not that hard to introduce in my daily life. Once in a week I could have any fattening food, otherwise all through the week my diet regime was strictly to stay away from fattening stuff like pizza, sugary stuff and no oily stuff. But I always used to have enough food to stuff myself, I never starved myself.

I learned how to bake and grill stuff in a more tempting way. As a result I lost a lot, at least 50 pounds in 6 months and not to forget I didn’t gain it back my lost weight this time.


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