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Reply 2
Hmmm... interesting question. I think there's definitely a difference between the terms, and I've learnt this from my own experience. I would say that when it comes to public speaking and talking to people, I come across as a very confident person as I'm not afraid to express my views. This is self-confidence. However, I noticed recently that I have a tendency to assume that people generally don't want to bother with me - that I'm not 'important' or 'special' enough for people to want to actually be friends with me, and I guess this is what one would call poor self-esteem. So personally, I think you can be confident and have low self-esteem at the same time. Confidence refers to how you act, self-esteem refers to how much you value yourself.
Reply 3
law:portal
Self-confidence:
What you feel you can and can not achieve.
Self-esteem:
How you feel about yourself.
Self-image:
How you perceive others see you.
Don't know how accurate they are but that's what I assume them to be
What you feel you can and can not achieve.
Self-esteem:
How you feel about yourself.
Self-image:
How you perceive others see you.
Don't know how accurate they are but that's what I assume them to be
seems spot on to me
*LOU*
Reply 4
law
ortal explained them quite well.
I guess they are similar, more a case of them being intertwined: if you have low self-esteem, you therefore might have low self-confidence, which might lead to a negative self-image etc, being too aware of what others think of you.
ortal explained them quite well.I guess they are similar, more a case of them being intertwined: if you have low self-esteem, you therefore might have low self-confidence, which might lead to a negative self-image etc, being too aware of what others think of you.
I'd disagree.
I am the most outwardly confident, arrogant, cocky, yada yada ya, person I know, but I really have cack all self esteem. I actually think I look like shrek and have the body of rik waller - whatever people say to the contrary. Self image is defs how others perceive you, which doesn't bother me as I don't care what other people think.
Usually there is a link between Confidence & Self Esteem. Just not always.
I am the most outwardly confident, arrogant, cocky, yada yada ya, person I know, but I really have cack all self esteem. I actually think I look like shrek and have the body of rik waller - whatever people say to the contrary. Self image is defs how others perceive you, which doesn't bother me as I don't care what other people think.
Usually there is a link between Confidence & Self Esteem. Just not always.
Reply 7
yeah they are definately intertwined because at the end of the day, they all have something to do with how you feel about yourself. How people see you, how you feel about your life and personality ultimately play an important part in the way you *feel* about yourself as a person.
On the same subject, how would you improve/raise your self-esteem and self-confidence ie believe more in yourself?
On the same subject, how would you improve/raise your self-esteem and self-confidence ie believe more in yourself?
Reply 8
This is a good thread
Self-confidence is about how much you believe you have the ability to achieve in the challenges life throws at you. I don't think it has to mean you think you will definitely achieve - just you believe you can. Confidence can either be genuine or false, the best way to tell is when you have to deal with failure.Lets say you have an module exam coming up, you think you will get an A but you end up getting a C. The self-confident person still believes he has the ability to succeed, and looks hard to work at what went wrong, without wasting energy blaming himself or others for not doing as well as he expected. The not-so-self confident person says "damn, I thought I could get an A but I'm only good enough to get a C" and reassesses his perceptions of his abilities downwards.
Self-esteem is about how much you value yourself as a worthy person in society, worthy of having friends and building relationships. Sometimes I think people develop low self esteem in search of attention or people giving them compliments.
Self-image is how you perceive yourself, either physically or your character. Whether you think you're good looking, fat, intelligent, lazy, obnoxious - regardless of what other people think you are - that's your self image.
Self-confidence is about how much you believe you have the ability to achieve in the challenges life throws at you. I don't think it has to mean you think you will definitely achieve - just you believe you can. Confidence can either be genuine or false, the best way to tell is when you have to deal with failure.Lets say you have an module exam coming up, you think you will get an A but you end up getting a C. The self-confident person still believes he has the ability to succeed, and looks hard to work at what went wrong, without wasting energy blaming himself or others for not doing as well as he expected. The not-so-self confident person says "damn, I thought I could get an A but I'm only good enough to get a C" and reassesses his perceptions of his abilities downwards.
Self-esteem is about how much you value yourself as a worthy person in society, worthy of having friends and building relationships. Sometimes I think people develop low self esteem in search of attention or people giving them compliments.
Self-image is how you perceive yourself, either physically or your character. Whether you think you're good looking, fat, intelligent, lazy, obnoxious - regardless of what other people think you are - that's your self image.
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