[Sesiley]

I have schitzoaffective disorder, Bipolar type...and I'm wondering what secrets you guys have on how you feel about yourself!

I have been feeling terrible. I have been researching on confidence and everything....I need to start exercising. That would help me a whole lot.

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[boogiesmash]

Therapist said first thing to better self confidence is to love yourself.

[Edgar's Mom]

How I feel about myself seems to fluctuate with my moods. When I'm down my self esteem seems down to. Even my beliefs change based on my mood. When I'm down I have a lot of negative opinions about myself.

I also know that the better I treat myself, the better I feel. So by eating healthy and exercising it helps me feel a bit better about myself.

I also had lots of therapy to deal with feelings of low self worth. I learned how to get in touch with how I felt, identify what I needed and learned to either meet those needs or to ask for help when I could. That part is still very difficult.

Doing that work and learning how to be assertive helped me feel better about myself and I went from a victim to someone who insists on good treatment.

I don't put up with any type of mistreatment and I get rid of people who are toxic pretty quickly. As a result, the people in my life are very good to me and supportive and that helps.

It's impossible to feel good about ourselves if we aren't being treated well.

So I guess I try to take care of myself. Yet my depression always brings me to my knees and makes me feel like garbage regardless of all I said above.

[LadyShadow]

Well I honestly can't stand myself. I personally think I am the most hideous person on the planet and no one will ever love me.

The good news is I am in a place of flux. Where I feel things are changing and I am coming to terms with my looks and how I feel about myself. Beauty fades, I have been obsessed with the outer appearance for too long.

The key is to focus inward. Come to terms wth who and what you are and turn it into love. Love for yourself, kindness to yourself. Be kind be gentle with your yourself, that's the best way to boost your self confidence.

hm... i think for me, its very dependent... i made many friends a while back, which helped me use someone as a mirror for what positive self-esteem looks like in general life...

compared to my old self... i do believe i have a better self-esteem... because, like platinum said, there was an inward focus... learning to love oneself, coming to terms...reminding urself how important it is to you to have a good self-esteem... because it rewires your brain... like when trying new music... takes a while, but ur mind changes, and then its a norm...