Why can I stand up for others but not myself?

Perhaps you don't see your worth or you can't justify your existence. However, you can see other peoples worth and you feel protective of other people.

It's often easier to share your thoughts or even to defend others as it does not affect you directly and you can walk away and forget if things get too hectic.

Sometimes it is easier to stand up for other because we dont want to see people being pushed around, especially if you have experienced how it makes people feel. Also, many people believe they do not "deserve" to be stood up for in some sense.

Sometimes people see others worth more than themselves, thus they don't have the right to stand up for themself. Other times they are conflict avoiders, but their feelings of justice is much stronger than their fear of conflict. Or, like myself, they are a mix of the two, I'm much too afraid to stand up for myself, mainly because I have anxiety and being in a conflict triggers a small panic attack, but I also have a hard time seeing myself worth just as much as any other person. I have three very succesful siblings and I always had trouble seeing that I am just as talented and smart as they are, only I have other talents as they do. Fortunately I was able to leave home for a while and as I had to do everything for myelf, I was able to discover myself, I had no time to look what I did worse than my siblings, instead I was able to see what I did well.

Lack of self confidence. Believe in your self. Thats the key to self motivation. No one can hurt your feelings.

There an age old saying, practice what you preach! It's human nature to tell others exactly what they should do, but somehow we never take our own advice. The reason is because it's never so easy when it's happening to you.

You are able to stand up for yourself but tell yourself that you are unable to, it might be the feeling of vulnerability. You just have to have some drive and motivation and understand that you are capable to stand up for yourself once you try!

We all feel that other people come first, and if we think of ourselves, we feel selfish. But the most important thing to remember in life, is to be happy, you need to work on you. You are the most important person in your life, and if standing up for yourself will benefit you, than by george, do it!

It's easier to to tell someone to not pick on someone else but when it comes to yourself it's you being talked down to or picked on. You are the one feeling scared or hurt so it makes it harder!

It is much easier to stand up for others than it is ourselves. It is a natural instinct in us to protect others. It is in ourselves but we always perceive our problems as worse than others which makes it harder to stand up for ourselves than it is for others.