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blackbootz  ·  3710 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Steps to Raise Your Self-Esteem

I'm currently experiencing a bout of low self esteem. Moreso, low self-confidence (are those the same thing?).

I have to agree with flag, self-esteem brought about artificially is coddling. But at the same time, I believe that faking confidence is sometimes a worthwhile method, lending you some measure of calm that will get you through an ordeal, and then the fake confidence turns into real confidence. Because honestly, other people rarely can tell the difference between self-confidence, and the facade of self-confidence.