2 Tips to Start Your Journey to Self-Acceptance, Self-Esteem

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• 2 Tips to Start Your Journey to Self-Acceptance, Self-Esteem
• From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• How I Encourage My Child with ADHD to Behave Properly
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• Quote About Being Left Out

Self-esteem is one of the building blocks of mental health. Sadly, so many of us find it difficult to embrace who we are. Often, struggling with mental health challenges can make us really hard on ourselves at the time when what we need most is self-acceptance and self-love.

Learning to hold yourself in positive regard is a process. Try these two tips to start thinking about yourself in a realistic, positive, healthy new way.

• Pay attention to how you talk to yourself. How many times do you instantly berate yourself when something goes wrong? We often criticize ourselves instantly, sometimes without even realizing what we’re saying to ourselves. The first step in changing the way you think about yourself is to catch those negative comments and labels.
• Distance yourself from your negative thoughts. Just because we think something doesn’t make it true. You may think all sorts of terrible things about yourself, and they probably feel true because you say them so often. That doesn’t mean that they’re accurate, though. Put some distance between your real self and your negative thoughts and self-talk by first catching those harsh words and then telling yourself, “I’m having the thought that….” Changing “I always ruin everything” to “I’m having the thought that I always ruin everything” is a small shift that, when done consistently, makes a big difference in your relationship with yourself.

Starting your journey to healthy self-esteem with these two initial steps will help make your path a bit easier.

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• Eating Disorders and Self-Esteem
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Low Self-Esteem
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Today's Question: Do the mental health challenges you face affect your self-esteem? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• When You Fail to Follow Your Own Advice
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• Anxious About Exercise Because of Schizoaffective Disorder
• If You Have Depression, Don't Eat that Frog
• Advocating for Your Health When You Have Bipolar Disorder
• How to Identify and Remedy the Four Horsemen of Relationships
• What to Do When Time Makes You Anxious
• How I Practice Mindful Interactions with My Body
• My Child's Insurance Won't Pay for His ADHD Testing
• Embrace When You Feel Good
• Negative Self-Injury Beliefs to Let Go of Starting Now
• How Verbal Abuse from a Father Affects Daughters
• Finding the Right Therapist for Your Postpartum Depression
• I'm a Professional Patient -- My Health Is My Life
• How 'Tunnel Vision' Parenting Made Me a Better Mother
• Goodbye My 'Mental Illness in the Family' Blog Friends

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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From the HealthyPlace YouTube Channel

What do you do when your kid just won't listen to you because of their ADHD? Find out what Sarah does in this video. Take a look.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. Fidget Rings Help Me With My Anxiety
2. Looking for Approval with Borderline Personality Disorder
3. Five Affirmations to Release the Power of Anxiety

If you haven't already, I hope you'll like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Quote About Being Left Out

“There comes a point when you have to realize that you’ll never be good enough for some people. The question is, is that your problem or theirs?”

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Thank you,
Deborah

Community Partner Team
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