Self Esteem

[Miss-Ladybug]

Hello...im in my teens and after councelling i was feeling great but now my self-esteem has taken a plummet to the point i don't feel i can leave the house.
Please only serious replies...any good websites or things to do, people to contact etc....thank you.
x

[redcrx]

Hi Miss ladybug.
I cant opffer any real advice Im afraid, i have times when i dont want to go out much and a night out socialising is never top of my list, but ive always been more of a homebird.

you could try this forum though, even if just to read advice given to others until you feel you can post your own message http://messageboards.ivillage.co.uk/iv-ukrlhap py

[ScottBram]

Everyone gets down now and again, you just have to remember 'tomorrow will be better'.
I am 31 and take it from me things look bad when in your teens, I used to get bullied by a couple of girls at school! I had really bad thoughts quite a few times. The thing I found helped me was exercise, I started going to the gym and felt a lot better. Exercise naturally releases endorphins which stops depression and getting fitter helps you feel & sleep better. Also it gives you a positive thing to focus on.
Talk to your parents first though and let them know how you feel, maybe they can help just by listening.
Good luck :-)

[ChocolatChip]

Hi there, I have very bad self-esteem problems, and have had for a long time. I have suffered from depression and anorexia and an anxiety disorder.
I am now a lot better due to counselling, as I found anti-depressants were a load of rubbish.
I am still being counselled, and I would suggest that you speak to your doctor again, and maybe go back to the counsellors.
As I found when I stopped going, I would drop back to my normal state.

[lady_miss_v]

i've suffered on and off with depression since i was 16 (i'm 23 now). at first i took anti-depressants, and when they started working, i came off them, and immediately went back downhill...
at 19/20 i got referred to counselling through Relate and CBT through the local hospital. my pyschiatrist was lovely, but unfortunately my counseller was a complete bitch; and i'd often leave feeling worse than i had when i arrived. eventually, i stopped going altogether as she wasn't helping.
a few years later and i'm completey off medication, and i feel good. though, i still have off days like everyone else.
i guess what i'm trying to say is...although it doesn't seem like it at the time, things DO get better. it seems like counselling worked for you, can you continue with that?? or many speak to your doctor again?
as for not wanting to leave the house; it's hard when you feel like that, i know, but sometimes sitting in and stewing can only make things worse.
anyway, hope this helps, somehow?? x

[ChocolatChip]

I think too, although people say it a lot, and it really used to remind me. A lot of it is just being a teenager, suffering from self-esteem problems and depressive stages.
I have just passed my teenage years, I now have a better understanding of who I am, and what I want to achieve, and don't take any sh*t from anyone.
And I am a lot better than I was about 4/5 years ago. When you get into 20's you'll probably clear through it too :)

[ChocolatChip]

I meant to say 'annoy' not remind. My mind must have been elsewhere.

[lonesomepine]

Remember that nobody is perfect....Try not to compare yourself with anybody else. There is no one like U in the whole Big world...Try to do something nice EVERY day and After a week U will have done 7 good things with your time And do not forget to do something nice 4 yourself too! Bless U!