SELF LOVE How To Love Yourself PART 2

When it comes to your relationship with yourself, you can be your own best friend or biggest enemy. It doesn’t matter how many people you know. You will always be in attendance, making it the most important one on the list. But do you know why?

It all comes down to self-worth. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines worth as “the value of something measured by its qualities or by the esteem in which it is held.” In short, worth equals value.

Self-worth is not the same as self-esteem, however. Although they’re often used synonymously, New York City social worker Amanda Wetzstein Frey, LMSW, says that “self-esteem is more about confidence and healthy admiration for one’s self.” And healthy admiration is more about self-respect. Self-worth, on the other hand, is the leading lady in the big picture of mental and emotional health. Without it, your general well-being can (and will) suffer.

Because self-worth ultimately comes from within, the value you place on yourself is the only type of worth you can control. You determine how outside factors influence your inner sense of value. These are the actions, judgments, and reactions of other people. They’re the expectations from our loved ones and the demands of our job. From society’s unspoken standards to the rules written on paper, everything outside of your body is an external source. When you base your self-worth on external sources, you tread down a risky path.


Why? For one, outside forces are always in flux. That’s not to say that they can’t be motivational springboards for personal goals. It also doesn’t mean that an emotionally healthy person doesn’t acknowledge the influence of such sources. A bit of humility in your self-perception can go a long way. But when your primary source of self-worth is everything around you, there’s a lot of room for disappointment and confusion.

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