Replies to 'Self Image'

Hello everyone!!  I'm new to the group and look forward to getting to you you all. 

 

I'm in the same boat.  Some days I have confidence and other days I don't.  Over the past few years I've gained about 42 pounds due to a medical condition.  I think that has a lot to do with my self image.  I was always thin and now I'm not.  I keep hearing Dr. Phil say that self image and body image aren't the same thing.  I hear it in my mind.  But tell it to my heart.  I didn't realize until recently how much my body image meant to me.  In a way it's postive because it's causing me to see myself in a new light.  I realize I'm the same person I always was.  But my body is different.  It doesn't seem like my body.  It's an adjustment.  Is anyone else in a similar situation?     

When all goes well, it is easy to have that sought after positive self-image.  The harder project is to stay cheerful and upbeat when all doesn't go so well.

    

   We were in the process of being programed the minute we were born., maybe before?  Since getting older , I have learned that a lot of how I think about myself has come from the way others see me. I have been trying to break that way of thinking but it is very difficult. Self Image, (I believe) is one of the hardest things to break.  What we think about ourself should always be positive but unfortunately it doesn't work that way. If I have someone speak something negative to me, then the rest of the day is ruined. I should never give away my ability of the way I see myself to some one else, but I am guilty of this so many times. I try to stop and tell myself that I am as good as I think I am and keep on going. Keep your chin high and remember, your worth everything to yourself. Who knows you any better?