Self-esteem is a level to which one feels confident, valuable, and worthy of respect. People with low self–esteem often lack of confidence and feel shame.
Whether you’re experiencing a bad breakup or the loss of a job, it’s usual for you to react unfavorable and say things like, “You’re not good enough,” or “You can’t do it because you don’t deserve it” etc. If you can’t believe you’re good enough, how can you accept a loving partner could choose you in your relationship? Low self-esteem (lavt selvværd i parforhold) doesn’t always look the same way in relationships.
The following are five ways that low self-esteem can explicit in your romantic relationships.
- Flashy Attitude
You feel broken and pretend that a knight in armor will take you out of your situation and make everything normal.
If your partner becomes solid, steady, and loving, you may disqualify the efforts, and find ways to destroy the relationship. Low self-esteem in relationships (lavt selvværd i parforhold) prevents you to recognize your partner as he/she was.
- Testing
Does he really like me? How could he really love me? You may start thinking such things and create your own ideology about your life partner on the surface and these insecurities bring such thoughts in your mind, like you can’t believe you could be truly loved by someone and so you test your partner every chance you get so that he can manifest his value.
- Reluctant
You may be unsure and afraid to fall in love so that you either leave your partner before you can be left or you won’t allow yourself to get fully into a relationship from beginning. Without trusting that maybe you won’t be betrayed, you are avoiding to reveal yourself to the possibility of being hurt.
- Flexible
In spite of circumstances that could contribute to low self-esteem in relationships (lavt selvværd i parforhold), some partners are just built to be tough. They’re born that way or work really hard to come to the ability – without being effected by negative experiences – to engage in a positive, meaningful relationship as they fully grown.
- Disbelief
It can be harder to believe that you can create and carry authentic connections with low self-esteem in relationships (lavt selvværd i parforhold). As a means of protecting yourself, you expect dishonesty even from a really honest partner, which unpleasant the relationship as it goes on.
