Symptom Of Low Self Esteem - Cause Of Low Self Esteem

By Leeanne Utiger
Sadly many people all over the world suffer from a condition known as low self esteem. Have you ever wondered what causes low self esteem? In this article I am going to go briefly into what does cause low self esteem and I will in addition outline some symptoms of a person possibly suffering from low self esteem. Therefore I will split the article into two segments. The first segment will cover the symptoms of low self esteem, and the second segment will cover in brief the causes of low self esteem. So if you need or want to know more about the causes and the symptoms of low self esteem I suggest you read this article further.

Symptoms of Low Self Esteem:
A symptom of low self esteem is a person who 'sees' themselves as ugly, useless or not worthy. This is a very good symptom to recognize when you think you or another may be suffering from low self esteem. A person who has low self esteem may also show other symptoms such as: anxiety, not wanting to socialize or be away from the home unless they have to be, not wanting to partake in team sports, having a lack of friends around them. People who suffer from low self esteem will show classic symptoms of recluse ness or the want to constantly be alone shut off from others. Other symptoms of low self esteem may also include: over-eating, dislike of the body image they portray, under-eating, depression.

There are also other symptoms of a person having low self esteem, which however relate to another possible disorder or illness this person may be suffering. But these can lead to and be symptoms of a person having low self esteem. These symptoms include:
Alcohol abuse
Social phobia
Bulimia
Post-natal depression
Schizoid personality disorder

That's just a handful of varying underlying symptoms of a person possibly having low self esteem. To find out more about what the symptoms of low self esteem are, visit your local medical center, they should be able to provide you the required information you need to possibly detect whether you or someone you know has low self esteem.

The Causes of Low Self Esteem:
There are many causes of low self esteem. It is even thought that having a baby can cause low self esteem. A teen at school or even a younger child at school may suffer from low self esteem. The cause of their low self esteem could quite likely be related to lack of achievement at school. A cause of low self esteem in an adult could very well be lack of achievement at work. As I said there are many causes of low self esteem.

If you are overweight and cant seem to change your weight problem, this could ultimately become a cause of low self esteem. Feeling unpopular in social circles can also be the cause of a persons low self esteem levels. It is even thought that our own perception of things said, or situations can be a cause of low self esteem.

Other causes of low self esteem may include:
Verbal, sexual or physical abuse
The feeling of being unloved
A dysfunctional family system
Children of parents who seem to spend all of their time at work
Divorce
Grief
Death
School bullying and abuse
Adults having experienced a bad or unhappy relationship
Medical conditions

As I said there are many causes of low self esteem. What I have listed above are just a few of these causes. If you need to know more about the causes of low self esteem, once again, I suggest you either speak to your family doctor or at least obtain some information from your medical center.

See Also:
Low self esteem and its causes

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