Hello bubblelord: Since you're a first-time poster here on PC... welcome to PsychCentral! I hope you find PC to be of benefit.

Another forum, here on PC, that may be of interest would be the coping with emotions forum. Here's a link:

https://forums.psychcentral.com/coping-emotions/

And then here are links to some articles, from PsychCentral's archives, the first by our host Dr. John Grohol, Psy.D. on the subject of how to raise your self esteem that may be of interest:

https://psychcentral.com/blog/6-tips...r-self-esteem/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/signs-...dium=popular17

https://psychcentral.com/blog/5-quic...dium=popular17

https://psychcentral.com/blog/7-tips...dium=popular17

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/culti...dium=popular17

https://psychcentral.com/lib/the-sel...ula-for-women/

https://psychcentral.com/lib/how-to-...r-self-esteem/

My best wishes to you...