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Self esteem Flashcards

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What is self-esteem?

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Refers to your evaluation of your own self-worth and attitude towards yourself. Your beliefs about who you are (personality, looks and abilities) contribute

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What is healthy self-esteem?

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Helathy self-esteem means having a general positive perception of yourself. You feel comfortable about who you are and how you look. You will be able to deal with difficulties and take them in your stride

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What is a low self-esteem?

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Low self-esteem means that your beliefs about yourself is mostly negative. You may focus more on your weakness and mistakes, then positive things about yourself. Study show people with low self-esteem levels are more likely to battle with stress, anxiety and depression

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What is the selfie society?

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Celebrity culture and social media has played a role in creating a society that is very me-orientated. It can’t get any more me-orientated than a selfie. The selfie society plays on our motions and how we see ourselves. We are constantly comparing ourselves to our friend selfies

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What is self-esteem influenced by?

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Your self-esteem may be influenced by a number of external factors such as peers, education, family, culture, religion, our community and media

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What is peer pressure?

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The social pressure we experience to conform with the expectations of our peer group. It can be negative or positive

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What is positive peer pressure?

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Positive influence. Friends can be a fantastic source of support. Fun and meaningful friendships contribute to a positive self image. Refers to direct or indirect pressure to engage in positive behavior

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What is negative peer pressure?

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Negative impact on our behavior. Lead us to behave in a way that is out of character, behavior we may later regret

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How can we handle negative peer pressure?

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  • Learn to pay attention to your own feelings about what is wrong or right
  • Choose friends who have similar values of you
  • If you cannot find the courage to say no, walk away and ignore the criticism
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What is social comparison?

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Can I have a huge impact on self-esteem. Some comparisons can be unhealthy. Tends to create general negative emotions within us, for example anxiety, depression, lying etc. There are two types

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What are the two forms of social comparison?

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Upward and downward’s

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What is upward social comparison?

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Comparing ourselves to those who we view as better than us

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What is downwards social comparison?

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Comparing ourselves to those who review as worse off than us

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What is cultural identity?

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our culture shapes our identity, influence how we experience life and impacts our self-esteem. It guides our behaviors, thoughts and senses of who we are. Research has shown that our self-esteem is influenced by whether or not we feel we are living up to our cultural values

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What is celebrity culture?

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We look up celebrities on social media and aspire to these unrealistic images of perfection. The result is feeling like we need to live up to these images

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What is the biggest problem in South African schools?

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Bullying is the biggest problem in South African schools. Cyber bullying is also an issue. South Africa is rated second highest in the world in terms of cyber bullying statistics. This is a form of negative peer pressure

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What percentage of teenagers have been bullied in their high school career?

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57% of teenagers have been bullied in high school career

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What is bullying?

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It is defined as negative physical and verbal actions and intentionally harm, intimidate or coerce someone, and repeated overtime

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How do we identify a bully?

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  1. Physical: negative physical attacks such as hitting, kicking, punching or destroying properties
  2. Verbal: name-calling, teasing, aggressive language, making fun of people
  3. Emotional/social: spreading rumors, being left out of a group, pressure to do something you do not want to do
  4. Cyber bullying: use of technology to harass or intimidate someone
  5. Prejudicial bullying: prejudices based on race, religion or sexual orientation
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What is banter?

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Banter is peaceful teasing or joking between friends and is typically an equal and funny exchange.

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What can happen when banter escalates?

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Verbal bullying can happen when Banta escalates. The person making the comment might believe that what they are saying is a joke, in reality it is hurtful

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What Is the stages and psychology of being bullied?

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  1. Playing on an insecurity
  2. Self criticism
  3. Trying to change
  4. Long term effects
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What is playing on an insecurity in terms of stages in psychology of being bullied?

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Bullies pick on vulnerable people, as they are looking to control and feel powerful. They focus on something unique about them or an insecurity they may have

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What is self criticism in terms of the psychology and stages of being bullied?

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The victim starts to blame themselves for being a victim and become self critical

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What is trying to change in terms of the stages of being bullied psychology?

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They often try to change or mask the characteristic they are being bullied about. This may change the way they dress or say things that they don’t feel is right to be accepted

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What is the long term affects in terms of stages of being bullied and psychology?

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The long-term effect is the negative impact on someone’s mental and physical health

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What is the code of secrecy?

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Bullies are able to carry on bullying because they can remain under cover and not be able to be held accountable for their actions

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Why do people bully others?

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  1. Stress and trauma
  2. Aggressive behavior
  3. They have been bullied
  4. Difficult home life ( 1 out of 3 people bully because of issues at home)
  5. Relationships
  6. Insecurity and immaturity
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What is a bystander?

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A person who stands by and watches bullying, allowing it to happen. You are actually involved by condoning it

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Why should we not label someone a bully?

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When we call someone a bully or a victim we label them. The label maze steak for a long time. We should label the behavior because it is not finding the person and has the power to change the behavior

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What are the consequences of low self-esteem?

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  1. Poor body image
  2. Imposter syndrome
  3. Mental health issues
  4. Relationship problems
  5. Negative affect on school and work performance
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What is disordered eating?

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Disordered eating is when a person engages an abnormal eating patent. We may experience social pressure to be thin or bulky and muscular. As a result we develop a bad relationship with food to get our goal body

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What is an eating disorder?

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An eating disorder is a serious mental illness where someone is either over eating or not eating enough. They are serious impact and can lead to diseases.

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When do eating disorders often arise?

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Often arise when people have an obsession with food, weight or body image. This can cause severe damage to growth, development, infertility and lead to early death. Both genders are affected

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What is diet failure?

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Poor way of managing a healthy weight and often do not last.

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what Are healthy diet?

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Gluten free, intermittent fasting and being ‘carb clever’ is healthy. Successful with healthy weight management is using a result of healthy eating and exercising

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What are strategies to address disordered eating?

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  1. Intuitive eating: a lifestyle of eating that promotes a healthy way of thinking about food eating when you’re hungry, stopping when you’re full
  2. Mindful eating: eating slowly and focusing on what you eat. Helps you notice when you’re over eating or under eating
  3. Managing emotions: don’t eat when you’re bored, sad, angry. Focus on eating to nourish your body.
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What are strategies to deal with poor body image?

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  • Appreciate your body and its capabilities
  • Do you something every day that makes you feel good
  • Look beyond the exterior, recognize the true beauty inside
  • Unfollow unrealistic social media feeds
  • Complement yourself daily
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What is food shaming?

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Negative food talk at yourself. Bad relationship with food

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What is clean eating?

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The goal is to improve health and well-being by eating vegetables, proteins etc.

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What is orthorexia nervosa?

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An obsession with healthy clean eating

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What is imposter syndrome?

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Feel that their success is owing to luck or just being at the right place at the right time, and it has nothing to do with a real talent. A feeling of self doubt and low levels of confidence. Makes you feel like a fraud.

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What percentage of people will experience imposter syndrome?

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70% of people will experience this

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What do people with imposter syndrome feel?

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They feel less than others around them. They may miss out on opportunities. They feel afraid of taking risks and being out of their comfort zone. This has a negative impact on school and work performance

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What are the six characteristics of imposter syndrome?

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  1. You follow the imposter cycle: Prepare too much or procrastinate to the extreme
  2. Carry the pressure to be the best or special, when not you feel defeated
  3. Are perfectionist and said impossible standards. Disappointment when perfection is not met
  4. High fear of failure
  5. Do you not attribute to success to themselves but rather to external factors
  6. How they fear and guilt of success, pressure to succeed
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What are strategies to overcome the imposter syndrome?

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  • Be aware of your emotions
  • Talk to others about it
  • Understand your strengths and weaknesses
  • Do not constantly aim for perfection
  • Be proud of your successes
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What are mental health issues?

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Low self-esteem increase his chances of depression. Anxious, stressed and withdraw from people to protect yourself. This leads to loneliness

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What are strategies to overcome mental health issues?

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  • Keep active
  • Develop healthy eating habits
  • Get enough sleep
  • Avoid drugs and alcohol
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What are relationship problems?

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You may feel that you are undeserving of love and attention. You may push people away and stop putting effort into relationships

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How do you deal with relationship problems?

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  • Understand that you are worthy to be in a good, healthy relationship
  • Be mindful of other peoples feelings
  • Be mindful about how your actions will affect your friends
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What are negative impact on school and work performances?

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You may feel you are destined to fail, so then why even try. Reflect in your performance and results in bad marks. There is a lack of motivation

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What are the 10 ways to build self-esteem?

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  1. Dare to be different
  2. Manage your self talk
  3. Live life by design not by default
  4. Habit stacking
  5. Be positive and expressed gratitude
  6. Celebrate all your strengths and successes
  7. accept and embrace natural beauty
  8. Depend on your support system
  9. Focus on the things that you in control of and that can change
  10. Understand that perfection does not exist
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What is dare to be different?

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Pressure to be the same as everyone else. If you don’t you may feel like you stand out like a sore thumb. Individuality and uniqueness celebrated. This makes you interesting and you stand out of the crowd

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What is manage your self talk?

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Voices in our heads are powerful. If we speak negative it becomes alba leaves. This is difficult to change. We strengthen our brains by repeating behavior. If we improve self talk we may improve our self-esteem

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What is neuroplasticity?

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A field of neuroscience that our brains can be rewired

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What are steps to manage self talk?

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  • Recognise: recognize if positive or negative
  • Record: write down self talks makes it real individual. It’s an easy way to decide if it’s true
  • Revise: Focus on changing negative statements to positive
  • Repeat: make it a habit by repeating until you are speaking positive
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What is live life by design not by default?

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Means focusing your energy and doing actions to ensure you’re becoming the person you want to be and leading the life you want. Acknowledging you are in control of many things. Confident about who you are and having a strong sense of what your purpose is. Living by default involves drifting aimlessly and letting life happen to you

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What is habit stacking?

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Consistent in working towards a person you want to become. Repeating positive behaviors every day. Take self motivations

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What are habits?

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Repeated behaviors that we do regularly. A current habit is wired into your brain. Easiest way to develop a habit is to stack it on top of one

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What is being positive?

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Effectively navigating the complexities of high school. Choosing to see the bright side of things and opportunities. Being able to engage in positive self talk

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What is gratitude?

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Focusing on the things you are grateful for in life gives you a better perspective. Allows you to manage any difficult emotions

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What is embrace who you are?

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We let celebrities define what we expect of our own bodies and personalities. Focus on what emotional and physical traits make you happy and proud

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What is recognizing your own natural beauty?

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Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes. There is no definition of beauty. Everyone has an attractive physical trait

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What are additional helpful strategies of improving your self-esteem?

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  • Build positive relationships
  • Exercise: starts a chemical process that makes you feel confident
  • Focus on what you love about yourself
  • Be able to recognize the emotions you are feeling
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