The Importance Of Self-Esteem In My Life Experience

In my life experience, self-esteem is one the most interesting and fluid aspects of each and every person. Confidence (or lack thereof) is one of the first things I notice in an individual’s personality when I meet them. That may be because I do not have much confidence in myself, so I become extremely aware of the trait in others. As I become closer to people and spend more time with them, I usually have a exceptional sense of what their self-esteem is like. Unfortunately, I have noticed that some of my best friends have terrible self-esteem. They constantly belittled their achievements, their appearances, and their entire existence in general. They do not think they are skilled enough to take classes they want to take, try out for the sport teams that they wish to be a part of, or even go out with boys they like. All throughout my life, I’ve attempted to boost my …show more content…
Half the responses I received were questions and many of them were complex. One of the inquires that I decided to scrutinize further was “How can the media help people to find confidence and have When I was researching, a song I was listening to had very interesting lyrics that were relevant to my topic. Eventually, I decided to search for the music video that accompanied it. The video in combination with the lyrics of the song, brilliantly portrayed the negative effects of media on self-esteem. In the video, a young girl watches beauty advertisements and tries to make herself resemble the people she watches. “And a hundred thousand dollars for some compliments” (Martinez 2015) However, the program on the television changes and it displays the negative side of trying to change your own appearance. Then, the girl embraces her natural looks. If there were more music videos and popular artists portraying this message, the media could counteract the negative effects of advertisements and boost the confidence of young