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Some of us cope with low self-esteem in positive ways, such as seeking therapy or counselling, while others turn to less productive ways to deal with the pain of low self-esteem.
Many get into abusive relationships because we truly believe we’re not worthy of anything better.
Others turn to the bottle and spend loads of “quality” time with friends like Jack Daniels, Ron Bacardi, and Jose Cuervo.
Lately, the hot new trend is to turn to opioids to numb the pain. If it’s not opioids, it’s some other drug.
When you add the natural day-to-day stressors of life such as problems with health, workplace or romantic relationships, a person’s self-esteem tends to get dropped even more and makes the situation that much worse.
So, how do you cope when low self-esteem comes to spend time with you?
What are the best ways to deal with self-esteem issues? What are the worst?
How do we keep others from doing harm to themselves such as drinking themselves to death or accidentally (possibly even purposely) overdosing on their drug of choice in order to make the pain go away?
Is it possible to live a life without any low self-esteem?
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