Go to programs for people with low self esteem

>>17137207
Go out and pretend you're happy, I could probably be an actor if I wanted and am getting better at accepting myself.

>>17137207
All the ones I've known just lived a destructive lifestyle.

Excessive sex, drug and alcohol use, etc. etc.

I've just withdrawn from public life and tried to find peace on my own

I ignore everything everybody else cares about and just focus on myself, I don't have friends (coworkers don't count), I just spend my time on myself and my ambitions and it makes me pretty happy.

That's just me tho

>>17137207
I drown myself in vidya to make the emptiness go away. It never worked.

be yourself

fucking idiot, just be yourself god its so simple

I hope this thread will go to better places especially while some dumb shit like this
>>17137210
is the only encouraging advice

>>17137207

>What do people — especially victims of abuse — do about low self-esteem?

See a therapist. There is no home remedy for this.

>>17137207

They turn to substance abuse, and will eventually try to kill themselves, whether in their 20s or their 40s

What was your abuse/trauma, OP?
>>17137298
>dude therapy lmao
kill yourseld faggot