How Do you Battle Low Self-Esteem?

Im currently going through this right now and i have been for the past couple of years. I just dont know how to cope with it and i thank you for starting this dicussion so i can learn a couple of things myself. I don't have a relationship with anybody good enough to talk about this kind of thing so i dont know if it helps or not but since you haven't talked 1o1 to someone about this its a suggestion.

I have always had a difficulty with low self-esteem! There have been days when I have been really feeling down in the dumps! Thankfully I have managed to pick myself up on all occasions. I think that there is a lot of help out there in the way of books as well as the Internet. I personally love books so reading books on this subject is the obvious choice for me. Self-help books are very good on low self-esteem! When I read a book on positive thinking I suddenly experience this enormous strength! I suddenly have a new zest for live, I want to go on living, I want to do things! I think that positive thinking is definitely the way forward. I have decided that wherever I am in life, whatever I am doing; I will always have some kind of self-help book by myside. Whenever I am feeling down, I just pick it up and have a read; just enough to freshen my mind! In relation to low self-esteem I guess you are really your own worst enemy! But, nothing is impossible and change is very possible. Andrew

Hi friend, could you please tell me who has low self esteem. I think sometimes that i have this low self esteem. I can't say no to others when asking help. Later i came to know that its a sign of low self esteem. Can you clarify my doubt. Thanks in advance

I just tell myself that the people who would make me think that I have low self-esteem, be they individuals I know or don't know, or society in general, are nothing but a bunch of stupid b@stards who think so little of themselves that they feel they can only rise up by trying to bring someone down, and that I should ignore them. Then I ignore them, and get on with my life.

first of all...make a list of all the things that you Can do.Dont focus on the hopeless stuff.Add to your can do list a little at a time.One person always is a little bit better off than another.