Low Self-Esteem Among Women

Low self esteem is a very popular term usually associated with women. There are very many women who find themselves in this predicament. Having a low self esteem is a rather slow killer, it can result in a whole lot of things and this lot being negative (boy! nothing good comes out of it).

So what exactly is low self esteem? Well, I like to be direct and so I won't be using any dictionary meaning,yep! I mean why should I? We hear this term every now and then right?

Low Self-Esteem is when you lack self confidence, it comes to play in a woman's life when she does not believe in herself, in her abilities, and thus, she loses her voice. A person with low self esteem is a person so easily intimidated, could be by other individuals, circumstances and so on.
Now you should know I looooove being practical; imagine you got a call from an unknown number and its was mum calling, don't you think you'd know immediately? And why do you think you'd know, hmmmm, her ‘voice' right? That's how important your voice is woman, so you need to speak up and quit being intimidated.

What causes low self esteem?
There a just too many causes, and it varies with each individual, nevertheless, here are a few;
WORDS, now I guess this got you wondering, what has this got to do with this topic? You see in my last blog i shared with you the fragile nature of women. Women are usually very easily affected by words, and women all over the world are being emotionally abused with insensitive and negative words. An instance is a case were a father constantly tells his daughter that she is no good and is of no use to society, now imagine how bad that would get, that girl would grow up to become a woman with low self esteem except by some extraordinary intervention.

PHYSICAL ABUSE, women who are constantly molested, or abused (especially in a case where this continuous act is done by one or a particular group of persons), usually have the tendencies of low self esteem. An event of rape can change a woman's life drastically, it not only traumatizes her but also makes her to develop a certain hostility to the world, especially to the male gender, and in the case where a pregnancy occurs out of it, mehn, that is a real big change.

DISTANT UNSUPPORTIVE PARTNER, a woman who has a partner who is unsupportive of her dreams, goals and her abilities, can result in such a woman losing her self pride or self esteem. Although, we women can claim independence, nevertheless it is in our nature to be dependent, we depend on the support of our mothers, sisters, brothers, fathers, husbands, colleagues... Its not a wonder, that even when a woman is married she still keeps up a regular communication relationship with her parents. To sum it up, an unsupportive relationship partner can demoralize a woman and cause her to have low self esteem.
These are just to mention a few causes, let's move on to how we can deal with this issue as women;

DEALING WITH LOW SELF ESTEEM
I've got some good news ladies, though low self esteem can pose as a MONSTER all it wants, its a monster that we have the ability to defeat because we women are STRONG! Yep, you are.
I'm only going to share three simple steps to deal with this, the list is not exhaustive, as this is my suggestion, I honestly pray for the women reading this who are going through these difficulties, just put these steps to practice;

Step 1: TRUST GOD, the best thing you can do is to quit depending on people for self assurance or reassurance, but to depend on and actually trust God more. If you haven't tried this before then you should. Commit all your inadequacies to Him and ask Him to help you out, trust Him to be supportive towards you,cause He sure will.

Step 2: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, let me add that studying God's Word (the BIBLE) can help
you carry out these first two steps. When you study God's word you would have a better understanding of your true identity (uhm, let me let the cat out of the bag; I'll be releasing a blog on that soon, you shouldn't miss it). You need to start now to believe that you are STRONG,BRAVE,BOLD... Believe in your abilities, decide and take a stand. This lies with you, like some would say, the ball is in your courts. For you to overcome low self esteem you have to work on it consciously yourself, nobody can do this for you.

Step 3: Yes, yes, yes, lastly, TAKE ACTION, you definitely need to act. Pursue your dream, start now to do what you are passionate about. Take action!

Thank you for reading my blog, I feel that every woman should know how to overcome low self esteem. And this post was put together to show you how. Please help me share. You can also leave your comments in the comment box below. Thank you. Stay beautiful!

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