What can cause a lack of self-esteem?

There are things in life that can cause a lack of self-esteem.  Here are some of these things:

1. Depression

Lots of people get depressed at some point or another, for lots of different reasons. When that happens, your self-esteem can be hit pretty quickly because of it. Say if a friend is coming around after dinner. He or she doesn't turn up and doesn't call either. You may start to feel a little depressed if you were looking forward to seeing them. You may start to think 'they don't like me anymore' or 'they don't want to see me any more'. Depression and a lack of self-esteem come close to each other.

2. Insecurity

Insecurity, uncertainty, even just a lack of knowledge may cause us to feel insecure. When you don't feel happy about something in your surroundings and you don't know what to do about it or how to change it, you can begin to liken yourself to that sometimes. Not feeling good about, or even scared of your surroundings is not a very nice thing to face, and it sometimes makes us feel the same way about ourselves if it goes on for long enough, because we get wrapped up in it so much.

3. Abuse

Abuse is something that comes in many ways - physical,  sexual, emotional. Some people see you at a vulnerable stage, and they may see that as an opportunity to take advantage of you and abuse you. When people abuse you like that, it may take away your self respect. DON'T LET THEM DO IT !

4. Failure

Failing at our objectives may makes us feel like we can not achieve anything we want to, and because we can't achieve, it makes a feeling of being worthless and useless.

5. Criticism

Criticism is something that we sometimes misunderstand. If someone criticizes us for something we have done, it may be just because they want to point out that we did something which we could have done better. But if criticism is taken the wrong way, it is like another way of saying to ourselves that we failed.

Always remember