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10 Day Self-Esteem Exploration Event
by SoulfullyAButterfly
Last post
 February 23rd, 2024
...See more Hi everyone, We are excited to announce the "10 Day Self-Esteem Exploration Event", which is kicking off on Monday, the 19th of February, as part of the International Boost Self-Esteem Month.  For ten days, we will explore self-esteem as a community. There will be daily prompts focusing on the different aspects of self-esteem, encouraging you to share your personal stories, insights, and experiences while learning new techniques and tips from our community. The event is designed to help us all understand the importance of self-esteem, boost our confidence, appreciate our worth, and inspire each other in the process. Are you ready to explore, learn, participate and grow on this self-esteem journey? If so, save the dates and meet us in the Special Events group support room.  Event Details - open to both adult listeners and members: Adults Location: Special Events Room Time: Open 24/7 between 19 Feb - 28 Feb. You can check-in at any time! To show interest in this event and be informed of future events, please fill out this form. [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe31pGvZDW8_aa8Cb8ywz4lOCpy4lkS5kekzsFXILwv3QQSjw/viewform]
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What is self love?
by Starlit263
Last post
 16 minutes ago
...See more Hi people :) This is my first post. We all tend to be very judgemental of ourselves and always rely on others to define who we are. This is why self love is such a hard thing. When others affirm us, it can really make us get a boost of self confidence, but what if we can be able to give ourselves that self confidence. I'm actually on a journey to learn how to love and take care of myself more because I've always been worrying about what other people think of me and I don't want to do that anymore. I don't want my worth to lie in how others perceive me. So, does anyone have some tips on how I can cultivate self love? What are some practical exercises I can do to help me? Because sometimes, I try to remind myself of some positive affirmations but they still somehow feel empty.  Sending love to anyone who is also trying to learn how to love themselves more <3
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Lost in the sauce
by ambitioussnake3645
Last post
 6 hours ago
...See more I'm wondering y I'm single and always in friend zone was just old I'm good looking and nice but feel like I am ugly and not normal
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I’m very mad at my mother
by drzombienoodles
Last post
 13 hours ago
...See more My mom said she was surprised my boyfriend dated me. She said that because he’s so fit and muscular, she’s expect him to be with someone else who is fit and more in shape, not someone like me whose a lazy couch potato who eats cookie crumbl all day. But all is forgiven because she said “no offense” before offending me. When I tried talking to her and said how that was really mean, she said I was being overly sensitive again and I need to get over that. am I justified in blocking my mom for a little bit? Keep in mind, I live on my own by myself with my own job about three hours away from her. She said this to me when I was visiting. Also I don’t sit on the couch, I actually am trying to be more fit which I also mentioned to her and she still said I’m being over sensitive. Talking to her is exhausting sometimes.
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Feeling down because of friendship
by hopefulencounter
Last post
 17 hours ago
...See more I feel really sad when I got ignored by those people who I considered as online friends 😕. I don't know, sometimes I feel like these people are good and I can trust. But if they ignored me for days, I start to feel doubtful.. like maybe I should just give up for this friendship, it's just an online friendship after all 😟. I don't get it.. sometimes they said they would help me, be there for me, the other days they'd ignore me like I wasnt there at all.. I have low self esteem and this friendship made me overthink a lot even tho it's just online and I know it won't last. What should I do to let go of this sadness?
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Self hate
by Imakenosound
Last post
 18 hours ago
...See more I’ve been called ugly my entire life since I was a child. It’s hard to believe when people say that I look attractive or something because I feel like they’re just either being nice, or don’t want to make me feel bad. I try to improve myself but I always end up hating how I look 
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Raising self esteem
by Stitch626Experiment626
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more What has worked for you to raise your self esteem? 
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Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence
by Jaeteuk
Last post
 1 day ago
...See more Self-esteem and self-confidence, I believe these two aspects go hand-in-hand. One affects the other in both ways, positively and negatively. Over the decade or so, I've realized that at least for myself, my self-esteem and self-confidence had constantly been hindered by my own mother. Almost everyday, she would complain to me of my flaws. Whether that be my life, my personality, my appearance, my diet, just everything.  With my birthday in 10 days from now, I'll be in my late 30s. As much as blame myself (being an introvert) for not going out and about meeting people (or leaving my house at all), I think a large part of it is due to the comments my mother tells me nearly everyday. How much it impacts how I see myself, how I worry others will see me, and what others will think of me when all those flaws my mother mentioned about it me is discovered by the other person.  She makes it sound like my future looks very gloomy, unsuccessful, and will be full of illnesses when I get older.. It's been making me very self-conscious, thinking that there's really something wrong with me, or that I don't deserve to be loved.. I've always been thinking, and is afraid, of what my future will be like if I am unable to meet a partner to spend the rest of my life with.. At this age, it seems impossible to meet anybody.. It makes it that much more difficult when I don't have any friends (so, it's not like I could meet others amongst friends' friends).. Sorry, I'm just going off topic now.. So, with this self-esteem and self-confidence working hand-in-hand.. it feels like my life is crumbling more than growing/developing.. and it's all because I've been influenced by the things my mother has been telling over the past decade or so.. I just don't know what to do anymore.
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gymnastics, weight, and height do not go together for me
by Nate715
Last post
 Thursday
...See more Hey everyone! Back then, In 6th grade i was already insecure enough until my mom put me in gymnastics. i admit, gymnastics was fun, its just terrible with the group of people i got into. I was put into the 8/9-12 group i assume? level one. i didn´t have a gymnastics leotard. which was fine because leotards are optional.  at 11 years old, i was quite tall child. my sister too. i was 5´7 and my sister was 4´10-4´11 possibly.. these girls within our age group were small and thin, all of them were possibly shorter then 4´8 and weighed less then 7 stones, considering most of them were younger then me, i didn´t mind it at all.  Until around 2-3 weeks later. I started getting insecure and self conscious as i realized the ´pro´ gymnastics athletes were my height and shorter. i probably looked pathetic, i was even taller then the gymnastics teacher. eventually, i hated gymnastics because i couldn´t do most things the shorter girls within my age group were doing.  i remember times i cried and i felt deep embarassment for not doing my hardest within those classes. i was scared of heights. typically we went on high beams without anything to catch us under and i had trouble not looking down, sometimes there was a thick mat to catch us, made me feel less nervous. we had ropes, i thought i could climb up the rope and back down, i didn´t even move up that thing, that felt embarrassing. but the worst time was when i thought i could do something like a backflip, i was confident that day, i volunteered to go first with the new gymnastics teacher we had (after our old classes were done my mom signed me up again) and i was halfway there when i fell on the teachers hands and i felt so much embarrassment.  years later, it still haunts me. i never want to return back there ever again. so far, no returns. i´m comfortable doing my own thing, and i´d much rather take classes for fun crafts 😊 (i did it once a fe years ago, super fun!)
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The gentle giant
by courageouspanda2006
Last post
 Wednesday
...See more I suffer from low self-esteem. Being 6'-8", I intimidate some people and frighten a few. I can see fear in their eyes. This doesn't happen all of the time. I laughed to myself the first couple of times. I guess it's taken its toll after years of it happening. I'm the nicest guy a person could meet. It's a shame that even in 2025, we still judge a book by its cover.
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Snoring :(
by confusedsunshine
Last post
 Wednesday
...See more i have always known that I snore but I guess people around me just accepted it or not bothered by it. I don’t know how loud or quiet it is. First time spending the night with the guy I’m dating. Woke me up to let me know I’m snoring. I playfully mentioned that I can sleep on the couch since he is already having a hard time sleeping in a quiet place. Shocked he agreed. He did feel bad a few hours later and was very apologetic. But now, I’m very insecure and I can’t sleep next to him without feeling self conscious and embarrassed. We discussed it in the morning, with me spent some hours at night going over what to tell him and to prepare myself mentally and emotionally just in case he can’t accept it or don’t think he can handle it in the long run or if it’s a deal breaker for him. I told him it would be better to just end it if it’s something he knows he can’t handle because stringing me along when more feelings developed is just too cruel. All good news mentioned it’s not a deal breaker at all and he understood that it’s something I can’t really control. He’s supportive and willing to work it out with me. But now all I can think about is him leaving when realizing he can’t do it. Too self conscious. I don’t know.
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Hi
by barrongoyal98
Last post
 Wednesday
...See more Hi
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Hello!
by SereneeWoodss
Last post
 January 14th
...See more Hello everyone! How did your weekend go? 😊
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