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Raise Self-Esteem?
Printer-friendly versionAre there better ways that I can raise my really low self-esteem? I hate my body. To the extreme. The only way I get pride is when I restrict food. What other ways are more..productive?
You can do far more than restrict food. I'm certain of that. Restricting food isn't an art, it has no finesse, it does not move the world.
I know a lot of people find comfort in the creative pursuits. Music, art, writing. I just recently graduated university with a BA in Creative Writing. It had started as nothing more than catharsis when I was will and it eventually became a passion.
You need to find passion for something apart from self-destruction. If you do not wish to pursue the creative arts then perhaps helping others through volunteer work would be good. Engaging your mind in intellectual pursuits can be another thing, engaging in the world around you.
When your main passion is self-destruction it's hard to find something to feel good about. Finding the non-self-destructive things you're good at and cultivating them can make you feel good about yourself. You can only take so much pride in restricting because the world does not generally admire you for it or they're not moved by it or they don't learn from it or they don't receive help from it. It's a void.
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