No. |
Healthy Self Esteem |
Impaired Self Esteem |
1 |
Know you're okay |
Feel not enough; always improving yourself |
2 |
Know you have value and matter |
Lack self-worth and value; feel unimportant |
3 |
Feel competent and confident |
Doubt self, feel incompetent and afraid to take risk |
4 |
Like yourself |
Judge and dislike yourself |
5 |
Exhibit honesty and integrity |
Please, hide and agree with others |
6 |
Trust yourself |
Indecisive, ask others' opinions |
7 |
Accept praise |
Deflect or distrust praise |
8 |
Accept attention |
Avoid, dislike attention |
9 |
Are self-responsible, honor self |
Discount feelings, wants or needs |
10 |
Have internal locus of control |
Need others' guidance or approval |
11 |
Self-efficacy to pursue goals |
Afraid to start and do things |
12 |
Have self-respect |
Allow abuse; put others first |
13 |
Have self-compassion |
Self-judgment, self-loathing |
14 |
Happy for others good fortune |
Envy and compare yourself to others |
15 |
Acceptance of others |
Judge others |
16 |
Satisfied in relationships |
Unhappy in relationships |
17 |
Assertive |
Defer to others, indirect and afraid to express yourself |
18 |
Optimistic |
Feel anxious and pessimistic |
19 |
Welcome feedback |
Defensive of real or perceived criticism |