Self-respect refers to self-love, self-care, self-acceptance, and self-confidence. People with high self-respect love themselves & people around them, they give importance to everything they have and strive hard to achieve what they wish for instead of complaining. But those who lack self-respect always complain about everything, what they have or don’t have.
Self-respect is such quality that everyone must possess to live a happy life. It can be learned by consistently practicing it. People with low self-respect must practice it to gain it back but they first need to identify areas of improvement.
Below is the list of signs people with low self-respect may have:
Insecurity
They are always insecure about something, it may be their looks, dress-ups, job, health & others.
Approval Seeking
They always need others’ approval as they don’t trust their inner voice. Whether they are right or wrong, they always want others’ approval because they can’t decide on their own.
Comparisons
They always compare with others to decide how they are doing. They make their life decisions by looking at the lives of others instead of making their own choices.
Negative Talks
They have a feeling of self-doubt that’s what drives them to do more negative self-talk and self-criticising.
Focus on Negatives
There are lots of things that happen to us, both positives & negatives but they love to focus on negatives and keep thinking for hours.
Try to Prove
Even if a minor mistake has happened, they explain too much. They sometimes exaggerate small things as they feel bad quickly and sometimes become over-apologetic when they realize they have made mistakes.
Social Phobia
They avoid social gatherings because of insecurity. It can be of anything, maybe they are concerned about their looks, dresses, or want to avoid certain people and others.
