How do I raise my self esteem?

You are so very welcome and I stand by what I write,,, I am a Mom of 3 , a daughter who will be 17 in Jan , a 15 yr old son and 5 yr old boy…I dont expect my kids to be who they arent, Its my responsibility to raise them with morals, values and help them to be the best THEM they can be,,,its not up to me to choose that path for them even tho I may not always like and agree with what they choose…I give them my opinions, but its altimately up to them in choosing…and of coarse this is on issues regarding WHO they are, not safety issues or issues that as a minor children, they still need Mom and /or Dad to have the say so…

2 summers ago? jeez. Everything you said pretty much does lead up to sadness or depression, but how do you get out of it exactly? That’s really hard to answer, but not nearly as hard as what you might have to go through. And I think that it’s important that even though it’s going to suck, more than just a little bit, you’re going to get through this. Do you have anybody you talk to about your problems? Sorry it’s late for me right now though and I’m about to go to sleep. But I can stay on for a bit longer.:)

Well I think it was about 2 summers ago I had my sister and my dad call me fat then I was on my schools dance team and my coch was just absolutely terrible and mean to me always telling me im not good enough then it also has a lot to do with this guy I was seeing for about 5 months who slept with my best friend and the guy right after him slept with a girl that I just hate. I guess that just made me feel like I was missing something if I wasn’t enough for them.

You are BEAUTIFUL… BUT no mater how many times people say that to you, you wont see it until you BELIEVE it…you dont need to lose weight, you dont need to allow these other people(including teachers, your parents) to make you feel any less than you are..you ARE a very physically beautiful girl and obviously by your question and what you wrote, very talented…there will always be people who will try to make you feel inferior and that is only because they are insecure with themselves…keep your head high and be proud of who you are and you dont need to change for anyone but you!

honestly, I have low self esteem also…mines is about my weight…what I do is I try to work with it…

what do you have low self esteem about?

please deal with the other issue that you posted and it will all fall into place… I wish you the best and if you need to talk , funmail me :)

I guess just about myself in general I always feel like im never going to be good enough for anyone. I worry a lot about what I look like and also my weight.

You’re kidding right? You have low self esteem? No way. You’re gorgeous. Trust me on that, at least.

But um, when did you start ‘losing’ your self-esteem?

Thank you so much Puglover and iamdude you guys are helping me a ton

Yeah me too (: Annd I don’t know I just have no choice lol .