The impact of self-esteem on human health

Self-evaluation, of course, affects human behavior. If a person feels self-sufficient and confident, he is benevolent towards the people around him. At the same time, a person who understated self-esteem, in many ways, limits himself, which can negatively affect his psychological and physical health. Thus, self-esteem directly affects human health.


Features of self-evaluation that affect behavior

Imagine for a moment a person who is unsure of himself, who is constantly afraid of making mistakes, is absolutely not ready for criticism and any other complexities. According to psychologists, such a person is weak not only emotionally, but also physically. People who try to avoid situations in every way, where they will be criticized or other situations where they will feel uncomfortable, get sick more often than others. This is due to the fact that the illness on the subconscious is perceived by such people as the opportunity to hide, to wait out a storm, to sit tight, so as not to make a mistake again. Therefore, in people with low self-esteem, who are in constant anxiety, in difficult life situations often manifest physically symptoms: inflammation of the nasopharynx, fever and the like. The additional complexity is also that diseases caused by psychological disorders are amenable to treatment is much more difficult and often enough the disease goes to the second stage, since it is always more difficult to combat the cause of the onset of the disease than with the disease itself.

Uncertainty reduces immunity, a person also becomes significantly dependent on the opinions of those around him. They trust their opinion much more than their own.

The Problem of Unresolvability

Afraid to make the wrong decision, a person unsure of himself simply takes responsibility off himself, shifting all the problems of other people's shoulders. Often such people prefer not to take any action at all, hoping that everything will pass and calm down by itself. However, refusal to solve problems often entails other, no less dangerous consequences. Such people begin to have health problems. Such people always neglect preventive measures, since they consider this to be ineffective. Instead, they begin to be treated at a time when the disease has given full knowledge of itself.

People with low self-esteem have less strength and vitality, since they have very few positive emotions. Moreover, a person experiencing uncertainty, constantly restraining himself and avoiding any activity, does not let his energy escape to the outside. As a result, the energy exchange does not occur, and the constant stagnation of energy leads to problems with health, as a result of which a person finds himself in a risk zone.

Features of self-esteem that affect the emotional state of a person

People with low self-esteem are more likely to envy, azavist - feeling bad. It carries a rather destructive energy. According to studies conducted by psychologists, it is the envious people who most often experience difficulties with the spleen, liver and stomach. Hence the expression of a ferocious man.

Unconfident people suffer from excess weight. On a background of constant experiences, they either lose weight heavily, or vice versa, gaining a lot of weight.

The fear inherent in all people, and people, with a low self-esteem especially, leads to such common diseases as the disease of the digestive tract of the cardiovascular system.

Such people are reduced protective functions of the body. The reason for weak immunity in low activity, because a person who is too afraid to take a step, does not develop actively, as a result of which immunity decreases with time. Such people prefer to sit aside, than to take an active part in solving the problem.

The constant expectation of uncertainty, or any situations in which one will have to make independent decisions, does not let the person relax. The person is in constant psychological stress. This, in turn, leads to problems with joints and spine, the result of which is arthrosis, arthritis, meniscitis chondrosis.

The danger of a low self-evaluation

Uncertainty has another big disadvantage. Such people are easy to manipulate, because it is easier for them to execute other people's orders than their own. At the same time, people with low self-esteem who guess that they are being manipulated, begin to feel depressed, because of chegoznikayut various diseases, mental disorders and comes a sense of depression.

Sociologists have proved that uncertain people are often not satisfied with their place of work and the salary they receive. As a consequence, their living standards go down, as the financial condition affects the quality of recreation, food, leisure, and tadaleye.

Self-esteem and health

The emotional state and physiological state are closely connected. Avoiding responsibility, making decisions in various complex situations, we, in turn, begin to limit ourselves in motor activity, provoking stagnation in the joints, lungs, general lethargy and a decrease in the tonus.

Summarizing the above, it is possible to say with full confidence that uncertainty is one of the reasons for the aging of the body. It follows to understand that forcing to move your body, developing self-confidence, increasing the general physical state of the body, we make ourselves more stress-resistant and become active participants in public life.

Perhaps, right now it is time that you need to perk up, go to the gym, start taking care of yourself and develop confidence. This is a sure way to save vitality and always remain young.