2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43
How a man can lose self-esteem: a life story
Back in 1998, I was absolutely confident in myself as a psychologist and headed the psychological service at the most famous private school in Vladivostok, I was 28 years old. And professionally, I had high self-esteem.
And behind me I had 3 years of unsuccessful marriage, and was ready to divorce. I will not give all the horrors of that relationship. And now I was in an unfamiliar city. Without registration. Not divorced yet, but lonely as hell. My wife stayed in another city, and I fought my way in a new place.
And most importantly, then, while working in a women's team, I was absolutely not sure of myself as a man. Rather, I was absolutely sure of my unattractiveness to the opposite sex.
My colleague, observing me from the sidelines and learning about my low self-esteem, told me that a good half of the teaching staff had "laid eyes" on me, but that did not bother me.
I then preferred to suffer, enjoying the conclusion that "no one needs me, there is no place for family happiness in my life" and stuff like that. Well, you yourself know.
It is easy to lose self-esteem, but not so easy to regain
Self-esteem is how you rate yourself. Well, if so, it seems that since you evaluate yourself below the plinth, then if you start to evaluate yourself highly, then self-esteem will be restored as easily as it was lost.
It was not so!
Something is in the way. What exactly?
And here is the very decision-conclusion that the man made about himself and his attractiveness in the female environment. And which, like a bone in the throat, stands across all words and mantras that can raise self-esteem.
Therefore, it was useless to convince me then of my charm - I was convinced of my own male failure and inferiority.
They didn’t help me to raise my reputation - and they won’t help you:
- affirmations and conspiracies,
- compliments from the opposite sex,
- playing sports and professional growth,
- the caring participation and support of my fellow psychologist.
Even the confessions of my two girlfriends in love for me did not help - then I did not believe anyone.
In those days I would not have believed even myself - this is a very important moment
How can a man raise his self-esteem - tell himself and others a lie
So what happens? A man with low self-esteem will not believe your truthful words about his attractiveness in women, because he has his own truth about himself.
He will not believe himself, even if he speaks the absolute truth - this is how the brain of a person with low self-esteem works.
The conviction of "I am bad" interferes with these beautiful impulses of soul with its truthful judgments of support.
Help and saving technique comes from an unexpected side - my other colleague restores his vision on the same days from minus 3 to unity.
She uses shamanic practice "Telling yourself and others a lie" - I am very inspired by this example and I dare to try it on myself.
In general, then and now, I am a great lover of shamanic techniques to control myself and my reality. He practiced shamanic travel, and acquired power animals, and in lucid dreams he advanced so far - that he almost moved.
I love shamanic practices for these 3 properties:
- They are simple in execution (the one that I will now describe is simple only externally).
- They are very practical and efficient.
- They often work where psychology gives up helplessly.
So I also walked the saucepans through the streets of Baghdad on a noisy market day, and dreamed in reality.
Shamanic practice in action - tell a lie
Student: "- Tell me this practice sooner, O Sage!"
Teacher: "- Do you really want to know this secret, which is accessible only to the powers that be? Exactly? Then - listen and act."
By the way, right now my colleague Olga Naumova has begun a series of articles on raising a man's intentions up the 7 chakras - very interesting - read and subscribe!
So, the essence of the shamanic technique for raising self-esteem (and not only - it is universal) of a man is hidden in its name.
This practice literally encourages you to tell yourself, and then others, a lie
Why exactly the lie - I propose to guess and discuss in the comments to this article - for you on your own.
So, practice has 2 parts.
In the first part of shamanic practice for about 1-2 weeks, you first come up with, and then repeat in the morning and in the evening the "untruth" about yourself. In my case, I spoke to my reflection in the mirror, like the heroine of the movie "I am the most charming and attractive".
Moreover, it was very easy and simple for me to extol myself and describe myself as a hero of a lover, a sex symbol and, in general, a handsome guy, attractive to a female sex, because I knew beforehand that this was an absolute lie. I danced, smiled and lied insolently, looking at my reflection.
The second part of the practice was more difficult., then I came up with a story about my stunning attractiveness for women of all stripes and ages (not true). Its kind of magical attraction, which throws the weaker sex at my feet (another lie). My beauty and sex appeal (absolutely not true). Most terrifying of all, I have to tell this lie about myself to the most beautiful and, if possible, strangers girls that I will find on my way in the next few weeks.
And (oh horror!), Knowing that this is an absolute lie, I must present it in such a way that my listeners would believe me.
In the evenings I went out to the city embankment, met pretty girls and fed them this story. In the mornings and evenings, I kept telling lies about myself to my reflection.
My storytelling confidence grew before my eyes. I saw that not everyone believed, but did not give up, because I believed in the efficacy of shamanic practices.
The culmination of my telling a lie about myself happened on the day when, while helping her teacher to make repairs in her apartment, her 18-year-old beautiful daughter came up to me with her equally attractive girlfriend and asked why such a nice guy spends all the time alone.
I was not taken aback and told my lie, the story of my magical power of irresistibility. And at the end of the question, if I am so attractive, then why alone, I seasoned my lie with the already outright lies that I was so tortured by female attention that I simply hide from everyone and go out into the city only in the dark. That I myself am in shock why women fall for me.
The end of the story was happy - we soon had a whirlwind romance, I was reborn as a phoenix man from the ashes of self-abasement and … a year later I met my current wife with whom I have been happy for the 19th year already!
With pleasure, although with some degree of embarrassment, I will answer your questions and suggestions in the comments.
I will be absolutely happy on this day of Happiness if you share the shamanic technique on social networks - at the same time you will see what a cool picture I have prepared for reposts - honestly!
The fact that you liked the article, if you read it to these words, I have no doubt.
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