Self-realization

Insecurity: the lack of self confidence or assurance. In simpler terms, fearful or afraid of what could be, or what will be in one’s life or one’s self. This is the thing that stalks the halls of every high school, that which dwells within every acne covered, not good enough teenager, and lashes out at every unsuspecting adolescent that dares let it enter their company. An epidemic that has spread through the minds of the youth, made teens wait in hesitation, and has divided what could be from…

What Self-Respect Really Means I was walking to class one morning when I heard two girls discussing a photo one of their friend’s posted. According to them, it was a photo of their friend who was showing a decent amount of cleavage. I heard one girl say to the other that she should have more ‘self-respect’ than to post something like that, and that girls have ‘more to offer than just their bodies’. I strolled along, and hoped that one day those girls would have the confidence to be proud in…

Self-Reliance can be defined as a reliance on one’s own power, rather than those of others. This idea follows the Transcendentalist Movement; consequently, Ralph Waldo Emerson, a transcendentalist, was an advocate for self-reliance. Emerson defended the idea in an essay published in 1841 called Self-Reliance. In the text, Emerson effectively displays a need for self-reliance through the use of diction, syntax, and rhetorical devices to move his audience to practice self-reliance in their lives.…

"Bulimia Nervosa is an eating disorder in which a person binges and purges. Bingeing means eating a large amount of food in a short period of time. Purging means getting rid of all the food by self-induced vomiting; abuse of laxatives, diet pills, and/or diuretics, excessive exercising; or fasting"( Teen Health and Wellness 2015). All over the world studies have been conducted and have shown that bulimia currently affects 1 to 3 percent of middle and high school girls and 1 to 4 percent of the…

before. Jaana Juvonen, a professor of developmental psychology conducted an experiment based around what makes a mean kid inherently mean. What she found was, “Most bullies have almost ridiculously high levels of self-esteem” contrary to the popular belief that they have a very low self esteem. Juvonen continues, “What’s more, they are viewed by their fellow students and even by teachers not as pariahs but as popular — in fact, as some of the coolest kids at school.” (Juvonen) She continued to…

and Mary both use each other to boost their self-esteem. Self-esteem is “a confidence and satisfaction in oneself”. John is only interested in Mary because she makes him feel young. Mary uses John because she is weak when alone. She needs to learn, to be strong and faithfully wait for him to come back. John has a great life, which includes a great wife and kids, yet he still shoots Mary and James when he sees them together. As a result of his low self- esteem, he ends someone else’s life and…

Elisabeth said in her book Born Ready, “I feel a resurgence of my 6-year-old self…that little warrior, goddess of a girl reminding me of who I was when I was little, before the world got its hands on me.”In other words, society has corrupted our way of living in our culture. Our own personal culture that we are familiar with and a part of can shape how we view ourselves very deeply. It gives us a defining sense of self and can dictate what our values become. Experiencing another culture could…

happy with herself. Now she thinks her lips will look better being even bigger and that her nose doesn’t match her almost perfect lips. She will always believe something is wrong with how she looks because she won’t accept herself. A high self esteem consisting of self love and acceptance is important for reasons I stated earlier. To prevent this from happening teens should not be allowed to have plastic surgery.A problem I found with premise 5 was what proof is there that this cycle will…

Since time has gone by, has the romance culture change a bit? Like in those 80s movies how the guy prepares himself to ask a girl on a date, then later picks her up at her house and actually goes up the door and knocks on it to get her. What happen to the traditional courtship? Nowadays it is just like people date each other just for fun. They do not really look into the future for a life-long relationship. Too many things have changed for the worst as we progressed throughout time and that is…

Children with low self-esteem often ridicule others as a mean of raising their own self esteem up. When one presents their “face” they think of life as a stage in where they are performing. By ridiculing someone else, the stage light is focused on other’s flaws instead of one’s own. We often don’t like…