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| Friend Causing Self Esteem Issues | 10/30/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: I have a friend who is constantly in the limelight. She is the perfect student. She gets straight ...
A: Although it is tricky to change your personal view of yourself working on appearing 'better' to ...
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| Need a wise person | 10/28/2009 | Anisa |
Q: I am 31, male, married. I have been observing myself for the past several months. I realized that ...
A: There is nothing wrong with your situation. It is perfectly okay to feel you need someone to trust ...
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| Self - Confidence,belief & esteem | 10/28/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: My name is Pac and I am 24 yrs old. I live in US and I graduated in Dec `07. I was very confident ...
A: Your issue has become very big for you if you struggle to even go out the house and you may need ...
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| problems with finding somone | 10/26/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: I'm a 16 year old boy who isn't terrible looking but just can't seem to attract people. After awhile ...
A: Not sure if you are saying that you are funny or that you are cynical and morbid - or both! At 16 ...
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| scary thoughts please help | 10/24/2009 | Anisa |
Q: Ok it's just not in my nature to be mean but one thing that really pisses me off is cycnical people ...
A: It's okay to be angry and have thoughts as long as you do not follow through on them. There are some ...
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| not tough enough | 10/23/2009 | Zorka Hereford |
Q: I have a problem with letting people walk all over me. How can i be more assertive/let people know ...
A: This is a problem that many face and luckily you recognize that it's time do something about it. Of ...
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| 14 yr old self esteem | 10/15/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: my 14 yr old daugther has very low self esteem.just started the 9th gd.and every day she say the ...
A: I am assuming you are in the States and as I am in the UK I don't know what facilities there are ...
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| How can I be nomal again? | 10/15/2009 | Zorka Hereford |
Q: I'm a 16 year old girl and I've just started my first year of sixth form collage at my High School. ...
A: I know that it is very difficult to fit in when you seem to be somewhat different than the norm. ...
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| boys | 10/14/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: iam 13 and it seems like all the guys are going for all the blondes...what do i do....do guys like ...
A: Ask yourself the question if guys only ever like blondes how come all the babies in the world aren't ...
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| Purpose in life | 10/11/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: I have low self-esteem, but I think I keep lying to myself and say that I have a normal amount of ...
A: It sounds to me that you are craving reciprocal company, that is having someone there for you, when ...
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| what is the right course? | 10/1/2009 | Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychologist |
Q: Mr. Plesman, what in your opinion are the top 5 or 10 most important areas of self-help? for example ...
A: I use all of these areas, but I believe that the metabolic aspects of mood disorders comes before ...
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| Anxiety/self esteem | 9/24/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: I am 22 i am a qualified tradesmen. Lately i have been doing my own jobs but when i get given jobs ...
A: Welcome to the world of total responsibility in self employment! What you are going through is ...
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| extreme confidence issues | 9/24/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: I have all sorts of problems with confidence. I have always thought of myself as over weight. Its ...
A: It seems you already know what you need to do but are struggling to get to the starting point. ...
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| Tear | 9/24/2009 | Zorka Hereford |
Q: "hey am Lisa 14 yr old from India. Lately i've been feeling upset, well not exactly upset just ...
A: First of all you are putting way too much pressure on yourself which is causing you to not function ...
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| Tear | 9/23/2009 | james52144@earthlink.net |
Q: "hey am Lisa 14 yr old from India. Lately i've been feeling upset, well not exactly upset just ...
A: One of the most common sources of depression and low self-esteem is comparing ourselves to others. ...
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| Best Friend? | 9/18/2009 | Jason Stroming |
Q: I am a fourteen year old girl and there is this boy in my school. His name is tyler and we have been ...
A: I think you're thinking too much about this. When we discover that we like someone in that way, ...
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| Chronic Low Self-Esteeme | 9/17/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: I have finally put my life in perspective and relized that I have chronic low self esteem. The ...
A: I have a simple suggestion for you that you may like to try. As your sister is an alcoholic you may ...
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| confidence | 9/16/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: My confidence is low at the moment, and i am quite shy to the point of having red flushes in my ...
A: Blushing is more likely to happen when you are not calm about a situation. It is not easy to just ...
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| low self esteem | 9/12/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: I'm 16 years old and a junior in high school and I have very low self esteem. I don't have that many ...
A: Overcoming your shyness will help you a lot. It actually takes quite a bit of effort making and ...
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| I'm fat and no one likes me.... | 9/9/2009 | Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychologist |
Q: I know this sounds weird but, I became obese because of a boy, I've always been a little fat.. He ...
A: I know what you mean. When you Boyfriend dumped you it may have triggered a depression in you that ...
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| im ugly? | 9/5/2009 | Dom Cal |
Q: why do people call me ugly im only a 12 year old girl and people call me a boy with 'stache' or they ...
A: Aminah, You are not ugly, people can be cruel at your age and say mean things just to put you down, ...
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| no body likes and i can,t help it | 9/5/2009 | james52144@earthlink.net |
Q: i am nealy 30 yaers old and i never ahd boyfreind i didn,t even get my first kiss.and its,t from the ...
A: The best way to feel better about yourself is to help other people. Thinking that you are a victim ...
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| feeling worthless | 8/23/2009 | Rahul B. Vyas |
Q: i am 18 and i keep on having these attacks of panic when i dont get phone calls from my friends, or ...
A: Firstly, your thoughts are certainly not self-destructive so pls rejoice !!!!! As a handwriting ...
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| depression suicide | 8/22/2009 | Ravindra |
Q: My life at my house is more or less hell for me. I am 18 years of age but I am already screwed up. I ...
A: nothing wrong with you except that you are Severely DEPRESSED. in your case, you need HELP from a ...
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| How to make me like myself | 8/21/2009 | james52144@earthlink.net |
Q: I've recently been dumped so I guess it's normal to have low self esteem, but it always has been ...
A: First of all, no one is ugly. Find the beauty within you. It is there, everyone has it, including ...
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| obsessions | 8/19/2009 | Rahul B. Vyas |
Q: I have two obsessions. I obsess about swallowing my saliva. I obsess about it when I am around ...
A: Ok. Lets call it a habit – a habit to swallow saliva in public. Mark, you see every one of us likes ...
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| Getting Off The Hook | 8/19/2009 | Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychologist |
Q: I have read part of your book "Getting Off The Hook" on Google book search and I am interested in ...
A: You should be able to buy a copy from the Hypoglycemic Health Association. Get the information from ...
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| Boasting of low self esteem? | 7/30/2009 | james52144@earthlink.net |
Q: What is self esteem? what are the main causes of low self esteem? I'm not too fat, average. got ...
A: Getting an MBA won't raise your self esteem or make you closer to your Dad. Low self esteem comes ...
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| Body | 7/28/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: This is kind of awkward but my boyfriend has been talking to me about having sex and i am a virgin ...
A: Yes, you are perfectly normal and this is nothing to worry about. It is more important to think ...
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| Knew school | 7/25/2009 | Anisa |
Q: I'm a 12 year old boy who just moved into a knew school. A group of friends invited me to hang out ...
A: YES!! PLEASE tell your mother what happened. What they did is completely wrong. I do not think they ...
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| low self esteem | 7/23/2009 | Anisa |
Q: I have a fiveteen year old son who has begun to write essays for scholarships. Most of the ...
A: The most you can do is continue to encourage him to go to college. Let him know he has a beautiful ...
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| THE SEROTONIN CONNECTION | 7/23/2009 | Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychologist |
Q: I received a response from you however, it was cut of...I only received my email to you and not your ...
A: I have send the answer again separately. If it does not turn up please look up previous answers. But ...
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| 15 year old son | 7/21/2009 | Jacky Tustain |
Q: My son is in the 10 grade and has began with the scholarships applications. Many questions ask ...
A: If your son struggles with his self esteem then he needs to work on learning to accept himself. It ...
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| 15 year old son | 7/21/2009 | Jurriaan Plesman, Nutritional Psychologist |
Q: My son keeps asking me the following question. "Why is it that I spend too much time to get a good ...
A: I cannot give a straight answer,but the important thing is to get good grade. I don't believe you ...
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| self-esteem healing | 7/14/2009 | james52144@earthlink.net |
Q: I have a father who thinks I am ugly (seriously, how do you think your child is ugly?) I am in my ...
A: We all have parents who were wounded. That is why we are wounded. We do not have to buy into the lie ...
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| feeling lonely | 7/13/2009 | Dom Cal |
Q: I'm a 16 year old guy going into his junior year. I need help on how to boost my self esteem. I'm a ...
A: Johhny, I was in the same boat you're in at your age. I found that the most important thing is to ...
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| Irrational fears | 7/12/2009 | Zorka Hereford |
Q: I've been having problems with strange and unusual worries lately (i.e fear of being pregnant ...
A: This is a self-esteem category and I don't claim to be an expert on fear or phobias. What you are ...
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| i feel selfish. | 7/8/2009 | Dom Cal |
Q: i have been feeling very selfish latly. whenever i talk about myself i feel that i am. it's driving ...
A: T, I believe there are two different sides to answering this question. The first part is that you ...
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| i feel selfish. | 7/8/2009 | Melissa Burton (a.k.a Bee) |
Q: i have been feeling very selfish latly. whenever i talk about myself i feel that i am. it's driving ...
A: Well I've been through similar experiences so hopefully I can guide you in some way. First of all ...
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| i feel selfish. | 7/8/2009 | james52144@earthlink.net |
Q: i have been feeling very selfish latly. whenever i talk about myself i feel that i am. it's driving ...
A: This is just a thought that is stuck in your head, like a song that keeps repeating itself and you ...
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