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Q: No self confidence...?
asked by: hard2understand on October 15th, 2009
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Hello,
For around 2 years, I have been feeling very misunderstood by people and my family. In time, this whole thing started to get worse and I made a very bad opinion about myself. I have low self-esteem and lost my self confidence. I always think anyone is better than me and I never think I'm right, I just go with my friend's opinion. I cry a lot, almost every night before I go to bed and I sometimes get weird crying outbursts that are kind of embarrassing. I'm scared of anything I don't know, and when I make a mistake or something turns out bad, I start blaming myself for everything. I get a lot of headaches and sometimes my back hurts. I have insomnia and I stay up very late...
I have weird mood swings which are again kind of annoying...cause one minute I'm all happy and hyper and I laugh hysterically then I'm sad and depressed. I just feel like I'm a horrible person, I don't like myself.I worry too much about little unimportant things that don't even matter or don't even involve me and when someone says something bad about me I just automatically think I'm hated or ugly. I hate when people reject me or laugh at me...
I give up on a lot of fun activities that I wanna be a part of, just cause I'm scared of what other people might think of me. I’m scared to go out and I always feel like someone is watching me.
Ever since I've been like this, I started biting my nails and I barely have nails anymore now, when I get stressed out I start biting them in a kind of desperate way and I start sweating.
I laugh a lot...the problem is, I have no reason to laugh. I just randomly start laughing and then go back to normal.
I feel tired most of the time...then at night I get all hyper and can't sleep anymore. I always have nightmares and wake up punching the wall or screaming or crying. I don't know who I should talk to about this, it seems like nobody understands.
An answer would help, Thank you. 4you
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malikkajh
replied on October 20th, 2009
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feeling enxiety eg being wathing by or thoght by other people cause u to use u'r sympatetic autonom system, the sign is sleep dificullity, hyperactive. Exausted sympatetic leads to parasympatetic mode that make u laid back and depressed. U'r back problem is coming from u'r posture, when some one get depressed or hyperactive muscle on ur back and neck developed in unbalance condition. My advice is:
1. Consult u'r psiciater he may sucscribe any medicine or drugs that manipulate ur mental adn mood.
2. Manage u'r stress
2. Get some exercise on perfect posture
3. Eat right, decrease starch, add some healty fat
5. I tell this not means thati never feel such manic depress periode, i have feeled wthat u are feeling, some people experienced on this.
6. Be a Relegious and pray we all are same in "god eyes" the precious is our effort to be good person.
Have a good day and be have a positive attitude.
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moonbeams
replied on October 21st, 2009
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How about a six pack and a funny movie? Wink
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hard2understand
replied on October 22nd, 2009
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haha, thank you for your replies...but I was wondering, is there something wrong with me, or am i 100% healthy..? i still find no explanation for the way i am
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MelodyNC
replied on October 22nd, 2009
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Uh, I'm sensitive about things... I find myself different from others and appreciating this. I find my hard time in life that is due to sensitivity is a choice. I want it because I don't want to be a hard a**. This is me. And what I stand up for... It might be harder than getting along and having fun friends. And too, I think of what it would be like to have fun friends again. But I think there are times in life to back off. I am learning from it. I can have confidence too and be in pain. However I would like to relieve some of the pain I have.
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xosnowboardingrl
replied on October 29th, 2009
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oh my gosh, you have just described me. I never believed any one else out there felt that same way I did. Seriously, I got the chills when I read this. Man, I feel everything and do everything you do. That whole every one is looking at me, and ESPECIALLY how I have NO SELF CONFIDENCE, I don't make any decisiosn either because I get so scared when people disagree with me. I feel so dumb and I have learned to become shy because of it. Now I'm so scared to stand up for myself and yes my friends get annoyed too. They always tell me to stand up for myself and say things.

I blame myself for everything.. and I have spent so many nights crying over myself and that I'm such a big failure. I over analyze EVERYTHING. It just hurts.. one day I hope that I can just feel happy about myself. And the very few times I do.. it feel great. I want to let you know I'm here to support you too. Maybe we can even talk about it more. I have really bad ADD so sorry if my thoughts did not come out as clear. I'm just so glad to have found someone going through the same thing I am.
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fenny89
replied on November 17th, 2009
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I think you should stop looking for an explanation of why you feel like this, and start putting energy into stopping yourself in the future. I never got on with counselling or therapy - why would anyone want to relive everything bad that's ever happened to you?! you should try and treat everything like a learning experience, because that's what life is. I believe in reincarnation, so this may be a bit weird or biased, but I believe each life we live is there to teach us a lesson.
I have most definitely been where you are now, I actually got bullied by an entire year group, based on one bitter ex boyfriends lies (who still works part time at the local supermarket.) I rose above it, I quietly ate lunch by myself, looked down my nose at anyone who laughed or said something horrible, or just rose my eyebrows and walked away, (every second wanting to run away and cry in a dark corner somewhere). Within weeks people were taking my side because I regained respect for myself, and so they did too.
The only person's opinion who matters is yours. If you don't like something about yourself than change it, if someone doesn't like you, it's nearly alays jealousy. It's hard to believe when you have no self confidence, and to be honest I don't always believe it - but there are a LOT of people out there who envy others and put others down to feel better about themselves, the more people I meet the more shallow self obsessed people I see, and I disregard them. The people I know that are nice I respect, and their opinion counts. The first girl in the year group who was honest and said that she still liked me, and everyone else was just following the "popular group" because they didn't want to get bullied too has been a good friend since that time. Also, since that time, all those people are unhappy with their lives and try and apologise to me in the actual street. But... I JUST DON'T CARE!
You should see yourself in positives, being sensitive to criticism is better than being self possessed and arrogant. Being different is so much more fun than going with the crowd. Your true friends are those who accept your quirks, and if that only leaves you with 2 friends - it's better to have 2 true friends than the approval of 30 acquaintances you won't know in 5 years time. Concentrate on what YOU want to do. Find out what you like and study it, find passions, embrace what makes you different, because when it comes down to it, we're supposed to be unique, and even the most meatheaded sports mad man will cry sometimes, and feel insecure a LOT of the time (trust me I've seen and heard it!)
Anyone that spends time making you feel bad has too much time in their own lives. And some of the greatest minds and most famous people were misunderstood in there own time (Van Gogh, Kurt Cobain, Loads of scientists!).
You're not unwell, you just think differently, like I and lots of others do - and I've embraced it!
It's difficult and I still have a long way to go now too, but I know respect only those who care for other people, and listen to opinions only of those that I respect.
It's a bit of work, but you might want to try MOODGYM online, it's a way of explaining the negative thought patterns that lead you to feel like this, one of them is where you put thoughts into peoples heads that aren't there (Believing people don't like you when you have no reason to think so.)
I believe people like us were put here to make a difference in the world's way of thinking.
Also, I get bad back from tight neck muscles, try giving yourself a bit of a neck massage if you don't want to ask a masseur (I personally hate havng people touch me like that when I don't know them!) Just start at the base of your skull and stroke firmly down, and press on the knots in your shoulders until they disperse - hurts like hell but can relieve some of the tension you're feeling.
Sorry for the mammoth essay, it just makes me mad when I see people who dislike themselves when they have no reason to - having been there myself!
I am also the odd one out in my family - but again - that's fine by me!
As for your sleep - there's nothing better than natural remedies!
Lavander, Bergamot, Neroli and Valerian capsules or Bach's rescue remedy (night) combined with classical music: You'll feel like an old person but if you do this and go to bed the same time every night after a week or two you should start to feel better.
I know that there can be a temptation to replay things in your head when you're in the dark and quiet - but don't! Even if it means reading until you can't hold your eyes open anymore, just try to keep thoughts neutral. Also, having a tv or computer on even in standby has these little high waves that will disturb your sleep.
Hope you start to feel better soon, look at this way, people you don't even know care enough to reply to your posts. The people in your life do care, it's just they don't know what to do to make you feel better, and they probably feel like it themselves half the time too. No on eis perfect, and it's foolish to try to be!
Hope the essay helped a bit!
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hard2understand
replied on November 20th, 2009
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Thanks a lot! Your comments are helpful Smile
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