What are some casuses of low self esteem?

bad or poor self image. don’t focus on the bad things about your self. we were all born differently and are all good at different things. what you are good at may not look like what other people are good at. you are gifted and special so invest in what talents you have and be proud of who you are.

Your serotonin and norepinephrine are out of balance. Low self esteem is mild depression. You should see you doctor or atleast send 30 minutes aday out in the sun. The sun stimulates your serotonin releasing a feeling of being happy.
Cheer up! 92% of people have low self esteem.

Your thoughts, how you habitually think about yourself. Your experiences and how you interpret them.
This book is tremendous, if you’ll do the written exercises:
http://www.amazon.com/Ten-Days-Self-Esteem-David-Burns/dp/0688094554/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215364851&sr=8-1

“Self esteem” is not CAUSED by something. It is a CHOICE. You choose it based on your thoughts about yourself.

Here are two things to do to increase your positive feelings about yourself and your worth as a person (which is what “self-esteem” means):

A: Every day do something for someone else (a stranger, if possible!) and be kind and supportive and encouraging to a friend.

B: Control your negative or self-downing thoughts using the “4-S Method”:

1. Stop sign — When you sense a thought you don’t want in your head, in your imagination hold up a huge red stop sign, perhaps being held by a stern-faced crossing guard!

2. Shout it out — Shout at the thought, scream at it, curse at it, yell at it (all in your mind, of course!) until you can sense that it is leaving your mind. (The nice thing about the mind is that it cannot contain more than a single conscious thought at a time.) Treat it like an intruder in your mind, someone you DO NOT want in there! Get angry at it!

3. Substitute — Have handy a sentence or thought to put in the place of the unwanted thought. Make it something strong, something positive, something you really want to believe! (Some people carry such positive or self-encouraging thoughts with them, on 3 x 5 cards.)

4. Sustain — Keep at it. YOU CREATED THE UNWANTED THOUGHT FOR A REASON! (“Psychology of Use” says you think all your thoughts in order to get something from them!) As you kick the unwanted thought out the front door, it will turn around and try to sneak in a window or down the chimney! DON’T LET IT!

Keep repeating the four S’s until you find yourself to be in charge of the thought you don’t want. As you become more comfortable with this, you’ll find you are more in control of your whole mind, and also of your feelings.

By this time next week you will feel more in control of your unwelcome feelings and thoughts. If not…that’s an indication that you get something out of having such thoughts and feelings, and that you do not want to give them up yet…