Facts about self esteem.

1.Low self-esteem is a thinking disorder in which an individual views him/herself as inadequate, unlovable, and/or incompetent.

2.Among high school students, 44% of girls and 15% of guys are attempting to lose weight.

3.Over 70% of girls age 15 to 17 avoid normal daily activities, such as attending school, when they feel bad about their looks.

4.More than 40% of boys in middle school and high school regularly exercise with the goal of increasing muscle mass.

5.75% of girls with low self-esteem reported engaging in negative activities like cutting, bullying, smoking, drinking, or disordered eating.

1.About 20% of teens will experience depression before they reach adulthood.

2.Teen girls that have a negative view of themselves are 4 times more likely to take part in activities with boys that they've ended up regretting later.

3.The top wish among all teen girls is for their parents to communicate better with them. This includes frequent and more open conversations.

4.38% of boys in middle school and high school reported using protein supplements and nearly 6% admitted to experimenting with steroids.

5.7 in 10 girls believe that they are not good enough or don’t measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members.

1.A girl’s self-esteem is more strongly related to how she views her own body shape and body weight, than how much she actually weighs.

2.There are different kinds – Self esteem is how you feel about yourself, and there are different aspects to consider. You can dislike one part of yourself, but feel confident in other areas. 

3.When your self esteem is running low, it can be hard to keep a positive perspective on life. 

4.Higher self esteem is good in moderation – while it’s important to boost low self esteem, a self esteem that’s too high can lead to overconfidence, or behaving with an air of superiority.

5.Self esteem can change by the day – You can wake up feeling great about yourself one day, and the next day, you struggle to see anything good at all in yourself. 

1.Studies found that people with low self-esteem were judged to be just as attractive by others as people with high self-esteem. 

2.Ideally, your self-esteem should be high but not too high. 

3.Unfortunately, having low self-esteem makes us resistant to the very compliments and positive feedback that could improve our feelings of self-worth.

4.Sadly, the very people with low self-esteem, who need positive affirmations most, tend to feel worse about themselves when they recite them. Here's why.

5.Unfortunately, we often respond to rejections and failures by becoming self-critical, listing all our faults and short-comings, calling ourselves names, and basically kicking ourselves when we’re already down. We then use ridiculous justifications to justify damaging our self-esteem when it is already hurting—“I deserve it,” “It will keep me humble,” 

1.Firstly people with genuinely low self-esteem, a poor self image and low confidence, have been insensitively lumped together with bullies, narcissists, criminals and child abusers.

2.A popular assumption was that people did bad things to other people because they, themselves have low self esteem.

3.Research has found that people with genuine low self esteem tend to treat themselves badly, not other people.

4.It is now clear that too high self esteem or 'High Self Esteem Disorder' is often more of a problem.

5.Hundreds of pieces of reliable research now show that bullies and many criminals are much more likely to suffer from unrealistically high self esteem and impulse control problems than low self esteem.