Low self-esteem leads to obesity

[ar81]

See BBC NEWS | Health | Low self-esteem leads to obesity

[ginkgo]

Actually low self-esteem leads to everything bad. You could also call it self-hate. It can lead to suicide (after multiple murders), sickness, crime, drug addictions, being a crack-ho, terrorism and cannibalism.

[shawnwilliams]

Yeah! obviously its true that low self-esteem leads to everything bad. Because low self-esteem leads indirectly to negative thinking, and due to this person sometimes may be prone to take unnecessary steps like suicide.
Therefore low self-esteem not only results into bad health but it can harm individuals' life also.

[David365]

Originally Posted by ginkgo

Actually low self-esteem leads to everything bad.

Don't get carried away. I agree with the link between addictions and low self esteem - as with the obesity issue there is a logical progression in using food/alcohol or whatever to compensate with feeling crap. There is little to differentiate between very low self esteem and symptoms of depression, so again issues such as suicide risk come into play.

But high self esteem is more likely to lead to criminal behaviour that low. In 2001 the Rowntree Foundation (in the UK) commissioned an extensive review of all available evidence regarding self esteem. The report found that self esteem is not a risk factor for:-
crime (including violent crime), physical risk taking, racial prejudice, child maltreatment
.. but high self esteem might be.

One problem with low self esteem is people over reflect, think too much about what others think. Whilst at the other end of the spectrum its the "non-reflectors" who are more likely to bully, maltreat others.

Having worked in a prison I can add subjectively that my experience supports that Review - I can recall very few individual with low self esteem!

[FazK]

Having low self esteem will cause many more problems than just obesity, this should be obvious to most people especially the people who run the BBC

[David365]

Originally Posted by FazK

Having low self esteem will cause many more problems than just obesity, this should be obvious to most people especially the people who run the BBC

If you read the article you'd find the BBC are just reporting on research in a reasonably objective way. I have already seen another news report on this research with the headline "Low self esteem causes obesity", which is skewing the research which suggests low self esteem can lead to obesity, but not saying its a cause.

As I said in my post above, you cannot blame everything on low self esteem - so when there is proper research we should welcome it and see what we can learn.

[agnostic]

Low self-esteem can also "cause" anorexia. What determines which way people go?

[ar81]

Originally Posted by David365

But high self esteem is more likely to lead to criminal behaviour that low. In 2001 the Rowntree Foundation (in the UK) commissioned an extensive review of all available evidence regarding self esteem. The report found that self esteem is not a risk factor for:-
crime (including violent crime), physical risk taking, racial prejudice, child maltreatment
.. but high self esteem might be.

Superiority feeling is a hidden inferiority feeling, hence a problem of low self esteem. Only someone who feels inferior may have the need to feel superior.

[ginkgo]

Originally Posted by David365

Don't get carried away. I agree with the link between addictions and low self esteem - as with the obesity issue there is a logical progression in using food/alcohol or whatever to compensate with feeling crap. There is little to differentiate between very low self esteem and symptoms of depression, so again issues such as suicide risk come into play.

But high self esteem is more likely to lead to criminal behaviour that low. In 2001 the Rowntree Foundation (in the UK) commissioned an extensive review of all available evidence regarding self esteem. The report found that self esteem is not a risk factor for:-
crime (including violent crime), physical risk taking, racial prejudice, child maltreatment
.. but high self esteem might be.

One problem with low self esteem is people over reflect, think too much about what others think. Whilst at the other end of the spectrum its the "non-reflectors" who are more likely to bully, maltreat others.

Having worked in a prison I can add subjectively that my experience supports that Review - I can recall very few individual with low self esteem!

Your post reminded me of something that I forgot. English is a confusing language with so many multiple definitions. So I have a question for people reading this. Is self-esteem good or bad? If you said that it was good, you are wrong. If you said that it was bad, you are wrong.

Do not blame me. I did not create these definitions of words. Self-esteem (1) is good and self-esteem(2) is bad. So you (David365 and 1/4) are talking about self-esteem(2). Mirriam-Webster says (def. self-esteem):
1 : a confidence and satisfaction in oneself : self-respect
2 : self-conceit: definition-- an exaggerated opinion of one's own qualities or abilities

It may be better to call it self-love and self-hate. People with a lot of self-love treat others kindly. People with a lot of self-hate treat others badly. So a great example of self-hate and self-esteem(2) is Adolf Hitler. He had very high self-esteem(2) whereas Gandhi had a lot of self-esteem(1) with his principle of non-violence.

A good example of this is the bad areas of Philadelphia that has more than 1 murder daily. Due to lack of self-love or self-esteem(1), they do not care if they are killed or go to jail for life. Note that this is just a generalization and does not apply to everyone there.

Because of their self-esteem(2), if you call them a bad word, they may kill you (literally). Then they spend the rest of their life in prison and they brag about how they killed this MFer who called them a **** **** ******. Self-esteem(2) could be compared to a person trying to look rich when they are not. Self-esteem(1) is love of the true self. Self-esteem(2) is love of the false self AKA the ego.

Socrates said "Know thyself" talking about the true self. Otherwise all you have is your false self (ego). Another good of example of self-esteem(2), depression and taking medications is a former champion. Mike Tyson was heavyweight boxing champion of the world and a prison inmate. Another good example of self-esteem(2) is Heisman Trophy winner OJ Simpson.

[David365]

I agree English is a very confusing language, especially when you take on board this is an international forum. Also many words and expressions - such as depression and self esteem - are used very broadly and can take on different meanings in different context. People say they are "depressed" when slightly unhappy or fed up, way off true clinical depression.

My main point is you cannot say all the worlds problems are the result of low self esteem. My blog is about self confidence & self esteem, so obviously I think they are important. But its not helpful if they are misappropriated.

[thebestlife]

I do think thats true and as someone else said earlier its Self-hate and this is one form of it. Food can substitute for a lot of things and can either heal or poison you. I believe, as Wayne Dyer says, you are what YOU THINK you eat.
Everything is energy and interacts with the energy of our thoughts and (sometimes) we eat it and our body will metabolize it according to what purpose we give it(aka what thoughts we have at the time).

[Conan Stevens]

Originally Posted by ar81

Superiority feeling is a hidden inferiority feeling, hence a problem of low self esteem. Only someone who feels inferior may have the need to feel superior.

I would like to modify this to:

Need to show Superiority is a hidden inferiority feeling, hence a problem of low self esteem. Only someone who feels inferior may have the need to try to show they are superior.

This is much closer to the truth.

I am superior, I know I am superior because I work hard and get results, in my measure I am attaining what is important too me while many other look to place blame or avoid working - but this does not cause me to get violent or act like an ass.