Even approaching subjects from my point of view and way of understanding, I like to analyze matters “to the letter”, so let's know what the terms “self” and “esteem” mean separately.
Auto is a prefix (of Greek origin) or a compositional element that allows us to designate what is proper or works by itself.
Esteem is a feminine noun that means: feeling of affection or appreciation towards someone or something; affection; affection; admiration and respect that one feels for someone [...].
If the noun “esteem” is related to feelings towards someone, putting the prefix “self”, then we conclude that self-esteem is a feeling of affection, appreciation, affection, affection, admiration and respect that we feel for ourselves.
Low self-esteem would then be the inability to nurture such feelings for oneself.
Our self-esteem is formed long before we are able to know the meaning of this word, these feelings materialize in a more concrete way in our emotional field during the gestational period.
The first record of affection that a being can receive during its formation as a human being is when the mother becomes aware of its existence inside her womb.
The mother's reactions to learning about the pregnancy can be as varied as possible. It turns out that the fetus registers positive reactions as acceptance and negative reactions as rejection.
Afterwards, your existence will be revealed to other important people: the father, siblings, if you already have them, grandparents, relatives and other important relationships for the mother. And she will receive a mix of external reactions that internally will create references about herself.
When we are babies and children, we are extremely dependent on others, and we grow up believing what we are told about ourselves.
I imagine that you who are reading must already be remembering the things your mother said about your pregnancy and childhood, right?
But as adults, it's our responsibility to change that.
Self-esteem can be built with self-knowledge, understanding our history, including understanding that even in the face of conflicting feelings and emotions that may have created a negative image of ourselves and a difficulty in feeling affection, affection, respect and admiration for ourselves. , this can be practiced by looking at something that goes beyond our own history.
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We are beings limited in consciousness, but in evolution. The people who formed the basis of our education as well.
Looking with gratitude and affection at them for what they were able to do so that we could get here and take the reins of our lives and write a story from a more loving point of view for ourselves and consequently for the new generations is already a decisive point for transform those feelings.
Looking at the grandeur of the Universe, at the force of life, at all the movements that happen around us and that make life follow its course, opening up more and more possibilities to write a new story, full of love, both for those around us as well as for ourselves, thus cultivating the much-desired self-esteem.
