Self Respect Definition

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A. It is to have self respect, which means knowing your self-worth. B. When you have low self- esteem you feel bad about and for yourself. When you have no self- esteem you may end up doing things you might would not do, if you respected yourself. For instence most people that do drugs have low self respect, or their minds were altered already when they started. When you have a high self- esteem you will not do things that are bad for you. C. I know very few people with high self respect, I know a lot more people that have low self-esteem. One person I know that has low self- esteem goes from boyfriend to boyfriend, and all of them are trashy. She thinks she has a lot of self respect, but she does not. She has lots of tattoos and used to do drugs, she smokes and does not care about her kids. I wish that she would wake up and get out of her own little world. I do not think that having high self- esteem is just caring about yourself and not making poor decisions, but it is about caring for others, and that helps you. I also know someone that has very high self-esteem. He has never done drugs or smoked anything, he has not even drank once. He always makes the right decisions and does not do anything to hurt others. …show more content…

Yes, because I believe in myself. I have set goals that I am going to reach. Not having self-respect does not fit in with having these goals. Having self-respect goes way farther than just not doing drugs and beliving in yourself. My perspective of high self-esteem is not being on your phone 24-7 talking to people that really don't even like you, not falling in with the wrong crowd, and not being afraid to chase your goals and leave people that don't matter

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