Self Esteem • Confidence, Achievement • Respect for Self and Others
Button
4. SELF ESTEEM
Achievement builds confidence. It builds self esteem.
Self Esteem
holds rank directly below the Self Actualization
king. Self Esteem's
qualities are manifest in Confidence, Achievement, and Respect for self and others. In the loss of these behaviors what is witnessed is their shadow side. Confidence
slips into fear, Achievement
transforms into failure, and Respect
is replaced by bigotry and scorn.
In the midst of great social upheaval it is not only water and food that are commodities that become more scarce and difficult to acquire. This higher quality of Self Esteem
all but disappears or at least is worn away. Its shadow is manifest in disappointment, depression, lack of motivation and, in the extreme, can end in suicide. Suffering under the traumatic weight of radical life changed, the entire society can be racked by the debilitating outcomes commonly associated with PTSD.