“I’m Not Good Enough…” — The Pain of Low Self-Esteem

“I try so hard, but I still feel like I’m not enough.”

“Others are better, prettier, smarter.”

“It’s hard to accept a compliment — it feels like people just pity me.”

That’s how the pain of low self-esteem speaks. It’s not just a thought — it’s a feeling that runs through your entire life. A person lives as if under an invisible microscope, constantly judging themselves and expecting judgment from others.

Self-esteem is shaped in childhood — when we were either supported or compared. If instead of hearing “you can do it,” we often heard “why aren’t you like the others?”, we grow up constantly seeking validation from the outside world.

Low self-esteem shows up in many ways:

• difficulty making decisions — “what if I make a mistake?”;
• fear of expressing oneself — “no one will understand me”;
• constant need for approval — “please tell me I did it right”;
• inability to celebrate achievements — “it was just luck.”

It’s exhausting. You lose connection with yourself and stop feeling that you have the right to simply be.

Building healthy self-esteem isn’t about becoming “the best.” It’s about learning to see your worth right now — without competition, without proving, without conditions.

In therapy, we learn to listen to ourselves, rebuild inner stability, understand where the inner critic came from, and gently replace it with acceptance.

Because when you start believing in yourself — everything changes: your choices, your relationships, your life.

Would you like to reconnect with your sense of self-worth?

You can book a consultation — and we’ll start this journey together