I'm so happy that someone else feels angry at how self-esteem issues are treated. I really, truly hate being rude to people - especially as it's often people who are trying to help - but when you hear some of the throwaway terms that are supposed to cure your self-esteem issues, said by people who suffer from none of those issues, it grinds away at me. I want to tell people that what they're saying is not simply not helping but is actually making me feel angry.

Afterall, you're an intelligent person. You're bound to have tried positive thinking as a simple logical step. So if you still have issues, then it doesn't work, at least not on its own. I find that I'm looking for something new... but if I knew what it was I would be better by now.

And yes, the cheesiness factor doesn't help either.