Health Journal Series: Mental Health Awareness

It is very common for teenagers to deal with low self-esteem. A lot of people think low self-esteem is only having a negative image of themselves and may feel bad, ugly, unlikeable or stupid but it is much more than that. Teenagers with low self-esteem are more at risk to anxiety, depression and etc. when they get older ("About Self-esteem." About Self-esteem. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2016.)

Teenagers with low self-esteem are more apprehensive to failure and tend to heighten the situation in events by being negative. For example, they often interpret non critical comments as critical ( "Low Self Esteem | Simply Psychology." Low Self Esteem | Simply Psychology. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2016.)

Researchers have found that 7 in 10 girls believe that they are not good enough or don’t measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members. Also a girl’s self-esteem is more strongly related to how she views her own body shape and body weight, than how much she actually weighs. Researchers have also found that 38% of boys in middle school and high school reported using protein supplements and nearly 6% admitted to experimenting with steroids. Also more than 40% of boys in middle school and high school regularly exercise with the goal of increasing muscle mass ( "11 Facts About Teens and Self Esteem." 11 Facts About Teens and Self Esteem. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Mar. 2016.)

Low self-esteen is an important topic that we need more people to know about. We can avoid this by always being uplifting to each other. One of my favorite verses is Proverbs 27:17, "As iron sharpens iron so one man sharpens another." We need to make each other better by encouraging one another. 



http://www.youngminds.org.uk/for_parents/whats_worrying_you_about_your_child/self-esteem/about_self-esteem 

 http://www.simplypsychology.org/self-esteem.html

https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-teens-and-self-esteem