254. Conditional Self-Esteem
UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone
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Positive Self Esteem
When we have kind of positive self esteem, it means that we think positively about ourselves over all. This is something that we all want, whether we know it or not. But when you look at what we're doing in our lives, so much of what we'redoing is trying to take actions that will let us think positive thoughts about ourselves. We try to do well at work, so our boss will praise us and we can feel good about ourselves. Or we may use substances to numb ourselves out because we can't bear to hear our negative thoughts about themselves. And i think, you know, the term ego has a bad rap, but it's a very natural human desire to want
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