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Low Self-Esteem and its Impact on Mental Health
Komal Abdul Rahim ,

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Komal Abdul Rahim

ISSN

2319-5622

DOI

doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4035723

Published on

Sep 14, 2020

Abstract

Mental wellbeing is the most neglected part of the health because of the stigma associated with it. There are several criteria for diagnosis of mental illness, one of them is self-esteem. Self-esteem is one of the bases in Maslow's hierarchy model to reach to a state called "self-actualization" which is a state of proper functioning. The causes of low self-esteem are not only related to physical aspect, but also person's psycho social aspect. On the contrary, inflated self-esteem is also not good for a person's well-being. Therefore, self-esteem should be considered as an area to dig into because it can also cause mental illnesses. However, there is also a model which says that low self-esteem is one of the consequences of the mental illness.

Keywords

Proper functioning, Self-actualization, Self-esteem, Stigma.

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