How do you manage to keep a level head when your parents are trying to tell you you're not worth a thing?

By knowing yourself, that you're more than just worth a thing, you're worth the world, a life, everything.

Remember that other people's view of you doesn't define you. You are worth more than someone else's negative opinion on yourself.

First of all: don't believe them! They're only trying to make you feel bad; I guarantee you are amazing and definitely worth something. In order to maintain a level head, you must pretend to believe them so that they will maybe stop telling you about "how bad you are". You could also reach out to others and let them know your situation. Good friends can help you through anything. Lastly, tell yourself that they're lying. You ARE worth it. You ARE wonderful. You ARE magnificent. Believe in yourself, even when it seems no one else will.

During times when I feel worthless, I remove myself from the immediate situation to collect my thoughts. Then I give myself permission to feel each thought by writing the emotions out. Finally, I take extra-good care of myself by remembering to show myself compassion. Often my self-care includes something I enjoy doing or treating myself with kindness, daily.

I would allow myself to feel frustrated, express that gently to them and get curious about what is below the tip of the iceberg. Most parents criticise out of true love and fear that their sons or daughters fail in life (from their own perspective). If you tap into their fears and they see your frustration, you might end up having a different frequency

Take a few deep breaths and give yourself some space. Tune in to how you feel when hearing their words. Just acknowledge the fear, anger, sadness, grief or whatever. Notice what you need: love, empathy, acknowledgement, appreciation. Make sure you give this to yourself or ask friends or counsellors you trust to reflect back what they appreciate about you. In this way, you are replacing the negative and critical parent talk with something positive and uplifting.

When I face a situation where my parents are telling me that I am not good enough, it would be sad for me. But I would think that there are two ways to evaluate myself. One that all people tell about me and second is my own evaluation. I would ask myself whether I am really not good enough or there are things I might do well in that my peers or parents are unaware of. May be only I know about them just because these things are the ones I am good at or I am interested in learning those skills. I would think about them and try to move towards them. Slowly I would engage other people in when I am good at sharing my perspective with other people. But for the moments, I would silently self evaluate myself from a new angle and this would make me confident.

First of all it is important that we do not allow anyone to determine our worth. We ourselves may determent our self-worth and we also have the power to dicriminate between constructive criticism and unhealthy criticism. Throughout our lives we will constantly be exposed to different opinions coming from different people and some of the opinions may not be pleasant for us. However, everyone is entitled to their opinion and in the same way that we are also entitled to ours. When people express their opinion, regardless of who they are, we need to learn how to filter the information and make sure to absorb what is of relevance. We may ask ourselves: Is it logical? Is it helpful? Is there any evidence of it? If not, we can choose to discard it and we shall automatically keep our cool.

it's hard. i know just how hard it is, and you're very strong for making it so far, as well as being able to seek help here. something that has helped me is telling myself every day, no matter how little i believe it, that i am enough and i am worth it, as well as any other affirmations (generally along the lines of "i am beautiful"). keep reminding yourself of that every single day. also, if you have friends or other trusted people in your life, lean on them for support. they'll be happy to remind you that you're enough, despite what your parents say. you'll be okay

To this I would only respond that nobody can evaluate your own self worth but you. People may tell you you are not worth anything, but if you take those words to heart it becomes true. If you don’t, it will forever be false, because only you decide your own worth. So it’s up to you to make your life worth it, but keep in mind that you do not need to live up to anyone’s expectations in order to be considered worthy. Only you can consider yourself worthy through your own actions. If they continue to tell you that you are not worth anything, feel free to tell them that they can’t ascribe a value to you, only you can, because only you can know how valuable you are. What you tell yourself is important, so make sure no one does it for you, and make sure it is something you want to hear and keeps you going. Hope that helps! :)