Increasing your self-esteem with Hypnosis,Guided Imagery, NLP and EFT
You can turn that feeling of low self-esteem around using the tools of Hypnosis, Guided Imagery, NLP and Emotional Freedom Techniques. One of the most important aspects of hypnosis and guided imagery is that when you utilize these tools, you begin to learn how to relax and calm the thoughts of chaos and self doubt that are racing through your mind. Hypnosis and guided imagery also help you start building positive attitudes about yourself, help motivate you towards a brighter tomorrow. You can also let go of issues from your past that may be creating some of your feelings of low self-esteem. Hypnosis and Guided Imagery helps by using the techniques of repetition, positive suggestions, and symbolic language to replace negative thought patterns with positive thought patterns, deep in your subconscious mind. Change becomes faster and easier when you can by-pass the conscious mind and communicate directly with the subconscious mind. Where as the conscious mind can be critical and doubtful, the sub-conscious mind is attentive and resourceful.
With NLP you can learn how to use techniques that will give you the ability to feel positive and happy anytime you need. You can learn how to instantly have any feeling you desire. NLP uses the power of language, re-framing, and many other tools to help create immediate and lasting results.
Emotional Freedom Techniques use the power of positive affirmations and tapping on key energy points to repair the negative influences we have created within ourselves. The use of these techniques can have astonishing results.
Even the experts in the field of self-esteem have different ideas and definitions on what the term “self-esteem” actually means or represents.
A well known psychotherapist, Nathaniel Branden, Ph.D., defined self-esteem as “The disposition to experience oneself as being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and of being worthy of happiness.”
The National Association for Self-Esteem modified this to define self-esteem as "The experience of being capable of meeting life's challenges and being worthy of happiness."
The definition of the word “esteem” according to Thesaurus is as follows:
1. To have a high opinion of: admire, consider, honor, regard, respect, value. Idioms: look up to thinkhighlymuchwellof. See praise/blame.
2. To recognize the worth, quality, importance, or magnitude of: appreciate, cherish, prize1, respect, treasure, value. Idioms: set store by. See praise/blame.
3. To look upon in a particular way: account, consider, deem, reckon, regard, see, view.
Self-esteem would then be how one regards their own worth, and importance. And how much they respect and admire themselves for who they are and what they have become.
Understanding and dealing with low self-esteem.
Generally there are three distinct types of people, or 3 faces of low self-esteem. See if any of the following descriptions fit you in anyway.
The Impostor: appears successful and happy, but lives in constant fear that they will be "found out". They are terrified of failure. To maintain their mask of positive self-esteem, they need to have continuous success. Which could lead to further issues such as competition, perfectionism, burn-out, and procrastination.
The Rebel: acts like the opinions or good intentions of others - especially when from people who are important or in powerful positions- does not matter. The rebel has constant feelings of anger because of thier feeling of not being "good enough." They need to continuously prove that judgements and criticisms of others don't hurt, which can lead to problems like excessively blaming others , disregarding the rules or laws, or fighting authority.
The Loser: acts as though they are helpless and unable to cope with the world. They tend to wait for someone to come to their rescue. The loser uses self-pity or indifference as a shield against fear of taking responsibility for changing his or her life. They are constantly looking to others for guidance, which can lead to such problems as under-achievement, excessive reliance on others in relationships, and a lack of assertiveness skills.
“Low self-esteem is like driving through life with your hand-break on.” Maxwell Maltz
Low self esteem can affect anyone at any time during their life. The interesting thing is that a person can have low self-esteem when it comes to one part of their life and yet feel good about another. For instance: someone may have low self-esteem in the work place and be perfectly fine at home. The thing we would have to look at therefore would be what causes a person to get those feelings of low self esteem. There are many factors that come into play that create that feeling of low self esteem.
Feelings of low self esteem can create serious issues in our lives. We can begin to find ourselves withdrawing from society, suffering from loneliness, depression, afraid to take risks or create positive changes in our lives.
In order to change your view of your own worth, you have to begin by replacing the negative thoughts and feelings with positive thoughts and feelings. When we are constantly putting ourselves down, and feeding ourselves negative thoughts, such as your such a loser, or your to fat, or your too thin, or you will never fit in, your subconscious mind beings to feed these negative thoughts back as automatic responses. The cycle of negative feelings grow stronger. Using Hypnosis, Guided Imagery, NLP and Emotional Freedom Techniques will help you easily and effortlessly begin to break the cycle of negative feelings and start you on your path to a positive more productive life.
DO YOU HAVE LOW SELF-ESTEEM?
While you might already have a good indication that you are suffering from low self-esteem, it might be a good idea to explore this a little further.
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965)
The Rosenberg self-esteem scale was developed by Morris Rosenberg, Ph.D. (deceased) in 1965. (Reference: Society and The adolescent Self-Image. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.)
Directions: Below is a list of statements dealing with your general feelings about yourself. If you strongly agree, circle SA. If you agree with the statement, circle A. If you disagree, circle D. If you strongly disagree, circle SD.
1. On the whole, I am satisfied with myself. SA -A -D -SD
2. *At times, I think I am no good at all. SA -A -D -SD
3. I feel that I have a number of good qualities. SA -A -D -SD
4. I am able to do things as well as most other people. SA -A -D -SD
5. *I feel I do not have much to be proud of. SA -A -D -SD
6. *I certainly feel useless at times. SA -A -D -SD
7. I feel that I’m a person of worth, equal with others SA -A -D -SD
8. *I wish I could have more respect for myself. SA -A -D -SD
9. *All in all, I am inclined to feel that I am a failure. SA -A -D -SD
10. I take a positive attitude toward myself. SA -A -D -SD
Scoring: SA=3, A=2, D=1, SD=0. Items with an asterisk are reverse scored, that is, SA=0, A=1, D=2, SD=3. Add the scores for the 10 items. The higher the score is, the higher the self-esteem. Scores below 15 suggest low self-esteem
References:
Society and The adolescent Self-Image. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
National Association for Self-Esteem