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How To Rebuild (Or Build) Self-Esteem After A Breakup
Learn about the nature of self-esteem and a handful of therapy-approved solutions for rebuilding (or building) it after your breakup.
Self-esteem refers to the subjective evaluation of one’s worth and value. It involves how we perceive ourselves and our capabilities, as well as the degree to which we feel worthy, competent, and deserving of happiness and success.
If you think you’re a pretty good person, have confidence, and can accomplish your goals, you probably have high self-esteem. But if you think you’re an unworthy sack of shit, your life a raging dumpster fire, and that nobody loves you, you probably have low self-esteem.
And while self-esteem doesn’t explain everything about how we feel about ourselves, nor is it the most helpful tool for generating happiness, it is still important.
Why? Because high self-esteem leads us away from faulty and limiting beliefs like how we’re a terrible partner for getting into a breakup, how we’ll never find someone better than our ex, or how we’re unworthy of love.
It’s unfortunate, however, how many people have skewed beliefs around self-esteem. Many think those with high self-esteem are blessed with everlasting happiness…
