My Ideal Self

In my opinion, self-concept is composed of three things: self-esteem, self-image, and the ideal self. Self-esteem is our perception of personal worth, how much we value ourselves, and like or dislike ourselves. Self-image is how we physically see ourselves, it is influenced by different factors in our lives such as parents, friends, siblings, the media among many more, self-image is not always true to reality but can be distorted by our minds. The ideal self is who we will like to be, our self-concept is greatly influenced by our ideal self because our ideal self is who we will like to be and depending on how close we are to archiving our ideal selves will determine if we have a positive or negative self-concept.
Self-image is determined by the way that we look, our traits and the roles we play in society. In my case, my physical self-image is determined partially by how I see myself in the mirror and basic characteristics that have remained the same through my life such as height, eye color etc. The other half of my self-image is determined …show more content…
The visualization of our ideal self is important, it serves to motivate us to always improve something in our lives and to be better. Sometimes, the ideal self can be harmful to our self-concept if our ideal self is unobtainable, resulting in a negative effect to our self-concept making us feel as we are lacking in an area of our life. I think I have a healthy ideal self, I have many hopes and dreams for my future, these dreams are things that will have a positive impact on my life such as graduating college and buying my first car. They’re things that I can achieve during my lifetime and that motivates me every day to work harder. My ideal self is influenced by peers, friends, and family that have achieved or are on their path to achieving similar things. Overall, my ideal self is a positive influence towards my