Born to be Worthless, Dr Solomons

July 28, 2012

Proffessor s, a pychiatrist, says almost all depressions and anxiety condition result from low self esteem. Now this is interesting, he say's that as far as self esteem is concerned we are born with a blank slate but negative childhood experiences can leave us with chronic low self esteem. Very low self esteem is one of the most painful psychological states we can suffer. When we feel good about ourselves we are alive and our life is fulfilling. Low self esteem it is not the result of faulty biology, a theory that most of the public have been sold in one of the world's most successful marketing scams.

His site is intersting and he is also interviewed below. He say's that to have a meaningful life we need to deverlop good close loving reltionships. I sometimes feel sad because I wonder how my life could have been if I had been taken care of properly. I think I had a lot going for me but it all went completely wrong.

http://www.borntobeworthless.com/

Kv

July 28, 2012

Self esteem correlates with almost everything positiveuntil you look more closelyThe problem with the self esteem rap is that when youintervene on self esteem we now know you can raise self esteem and

increase problems at the same time (e.g., feed narcissism;reduce success in relationships; increase violence)And we know that too much self esteem predicts bad outcomes.

Focus on self kindness, self empowerment, and compassion toward others:you can do that without the same danger of suppression andself focus. And guess what? It raises self esteem

- S C.

Proffessor s, a pychiatrist, says almost all depressions and anxiety condition result from low self esteem. Now this is interesting, he say's that as far as self esteem is concerned we are born with a blank slate but negative childhood experiences can leave us with chronic low self esteem. Very low self esteem is one of the most painful psychological states we can suffer. When we feel good about ourselves we are alive and our life is fulfilling. Low self esteem it is not the result of faulty biology, a theory that most of the public have been sold in one of the world's most successful marketing scams.

His site is intersting and he is also interviewed below. He say's that to have a meaningful life we need to deverlop good close loving reltionships. I sometimes feel sad because I wonder how my life could have been if I had been taken care of properly. I think I had a lot going for me but it all went completely wrong.

http://www.borntobeworthless.com/

Kv

July 29, 2012

You beat me to it :)The Self-esteem world view has a bit of a tawdry secret history as a result of its founder, iel Branden's many connections with Ayn Rand's objectivist movement. That is not a disqualifier in itself (the VW bug was a great little car, despite it's awful origins) but it's important in this case because objectivism willfully trashes the role of interconnection and community in making humans what we are. The reason this is important here is the Self Esteem movement's insistence that all you need to do is think of yourself as #1 and you'll be fine comes right out of objectivism. Everything psychological science has discovered since tells us this is jet plain wrong and dangerously so, for the reasons mentioned. And not for nuthin', I really really hate this idea and the toxic effect it's had on politics and the social contract here in the US.Jim

Self esteem correlates with almost everything positiveuntil you look more closelyThe problem with the self esteem rap is that when youintervene on self esteem we now know you can raise self esteem and

increase problems at the same time (e.g., feed narcissism;reduce success in relationships; increase violence)And we know that too much self esteem predicts bad outcomes.

Focus on self kindness, self empowerment, and compassion toward others:you can do that without the same danger of suppression andself focus. And guess what? It raises self esteem

- S C.

Proffessor s, a pychiatrist, says almost all depressions and anxiety condition result from low self esteem. Now this is interesting, he say's that as far as self esteem is concerned we are born with a blank slate but negative childhood experiences can leave us with chronic low self esteem. Very low self esteem is one of the most painful psychological states we can suffer. When we feel good about ourselves we are alive and our life is fulfilling. Low self esteem it is not the result of faulty biology, a theory that most of the public have been sold in one of the world's most successful marketing scams.His site is intersting and he is also interviewed below. He say's that to have a meaningful life we need to deverlop good close loving reltionships. I sometimes feel sad because I wonder how my life could have been if I had been taken care of properly. I think I had a lot going for me but it all went completely wrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93TTj28OV-Ahttp://www.borntobeworthless.com/Kv

July 29, 2012

Yes, your dead right, . The term self esteem probably covers a

very broad spectrum and what I term as self esteem is liking yourself

and enjoying the company of others because you enjoy being yourself, and

compassion goes a long way towards this. Another type of self esteem

might mean being very successful at things but for me that is part of

the problem and I want to be happier with myself without having to be an

enormous success at everything which can make feel horrible and

arrogant. Even a fake, actually - 'thanks mind'.

In the UK a few years psychologists studied young offenders to see if

they had low self esteem problems, but for lots of these youngsters they

discovered that the opposite was actually true. Many of these yobs felt

they were kings and were completely arrogant feeling they had the right

to do as pleased regardless of the suffering they caused other people.

The conclusion was that these young offenders had too much self esteem

being overconfident and egostistical.

Kv

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> >

> > Proffessor s, a pychiatrist, says almost all

depressions and

> > anxiety condition result from low self esteem. Now this is

interesting, he

> > say's that as far as self esteem is concerned we are born with a

blank

> > slate but negative childhood experiences can leave us with chronic

low self

> > esteem. Very low self esteem is one of the most painful

psychological

> > states we can suffer. When we feel good about ourselves we are alive

and

> > our life is fulfilling. Low self esteem it is not the result of

faulty

> > biology, a theory that most of the public have been sold in one of

the

> > world's most successful marketing scams.

> >

> > His site is intersting and he is also interviewed below. He say's

that to

> > have a meaningful life we need to deverlop good close loving

reltionships.

> > I sometimes feel sad because I wonder how my life could have been if

I had

> > been taken care of properly. I think I had a lot going for me but it

all

> > went completely wrong.

> >

> > http://www.borntobeworthless.com/

> >

> > Kv

> >

>

July 29, 2012

Hey, , I'm right with you on that one. Objectivism is a sociopathic

and utterly selfish.

Kv

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> > Proffessor s, a pychiatrist, says almost all

depressions and anxiety condition result from low self esteem. Now this

is interesting, he say's that as far as self esteem is concerned we are

born with a blank slate but negative childhood experiences can leave us

with chronic low self esteem. Very low self esteem is one of the most

painful psychological states we can suffer. When we feel good about

ourselves we are alive and our life is fulfilling. Low self esteem it is

not the result of faulty biology, a theory that most of the public have

been sold in one of the world's most successful marketing scams.

> >

> > His site is intersting and he is also interviewed below. He say's

that to have a meaningful life we need to deverlop good close loving

reltionships. I sometimes feel sad because I wonder how my life could

have been if I had been taken care of properly. I think I had a lot

going for me but it all went completely wrong.

> >

> > http://www.borntobeworthless.com/

> >

> > Kv

> >

>

July 29, 2012

This is fascinating to me. What is the difference between self empowerment and self esteem? Isn't there overlap? To: ACT_for_the_Public Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2012 5:17 AM Subject: Re: Born to be Worthless, Dr s

You beat me to it :)The Self-esteem world view has a bit of a tawdry secret history as a result of its founder, iel Branden's many connections with Ayn Rand's objectivist movement. That is not a disqualifier in itself (the VW bug was a great little car, despite it's awful origins) but it's important in this case because objectivism willfully trashes the role of interconnection and community in making humans what we are. The reason this is important here is the Self Esteem movement's insistence that all you need to do is think of yourself as #1 and you'll be fine comes right out of objectivism. Everything psychological science has discovered since tells us this is jet plain wrong and dangerously so, for the reasons mentioned. And not for nuthin', I really really hate this idea and the toxic effect it's had on

politics and the social contract here in the US.Jim

Self esteem correlates with almost everything positiveuntil you look more closelyThe problem with the self esteem rap is that when youintervene on self esteem we now know you can raise self esteem and

increase problems at the same time (e.g., feed narcissism;reduce success in relationships; increase violence)And we know that too much self esteem predicts bad outcomes.

Focus on self kindness, self empowerment, and compassion toward others:you can do that without the same danger of suppression andself focus. And guess what? It raises self esteem

- S C.

Proffessor s, a pychiatrist, says almost all depressions and anxiety condition result from low self esteem. Now this is interesting, he say's that as far as self esteem is concerned we are born with a blank slate but negative childhood experiences can leave us with chronic low self esteem. Very low self esteem is one of the most painful psychological states we can suffer. When we feel good about ourselves we are alive and our life is fulfilling. Low self esteem it is not the result of faulty biology, a theory that most of the public have been sold in one of the world's most successful marketing scams.His site is intersting and he is also interviewed below. He say's that to have a meaningful life we need to deverlop good close loving reltionships. I sometimes feel sad because I wonder how my life could have been if I had been taken

care of properly. I think I had a lot going for me but it all went completely wrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93TTj28OV-Ahttp://www.borntobeworthless.com/Kv

July 29, 2012

Rugged indivindividulism is BS. The reason why the humanty has done so

well is due to enormous cooperation and collectivism. Alone all by

ourselves we're nothing. Years ago you might get thrown out of your

tribe if you didn't try to fit in, which most certaintly an early death.