What is self-image?
Self image is how you see yourself. This may be how you see yourself physically or your opinion of who and what you are. It is important as it affects your self esteem and confidence.
Self image includes:
Self image includes:
- What you think you look like
- How you see your personality
- What kind of person you think you are
- What you believe others think of you
- How much you like yourself or you think others like you
- The status you feel you have
What can you do to improve your self-image?
What can you do to Improve your Self Image?
- List things you like about yourself – include appearance, personality and skills
- Change negative thoughts to positive ones by focusing on the positive and forgetting the negative things that happen to you
- Remember compliments and note them down
- Question whether your view of yourself is accurate. and why you see yourself like you do
- Make changes that will help you ;for example, clothes, appearance, hair style and behaviour
- Accept things about yourself that are true and learn to think about them in a positive way
- Get exercise – you will look and feel better!
- Take yourself less seriously and lighten up!
- Accept criticism constructively so you can move forward and improve yourself
- Never be ashamed of your body, learn to appreciate and look after it
- Don’t be limited by your internal image, step outside of it and break free, it doesn’t have to control you or keep you down. Acting differently will change how others respond towards you and will help change your attitude towards yourself and your abilities
- Take on challenges positively and surprise yourself!
Feel good about yourself.
Here are some great suggestions how you can feel great about who you are…
- Learn to be your own best friend. What could you do to be kinder to yourself?
- Understand that there are lots of good reasons to feel positive about yourself.
- Be grateful for what you have. Learn to love and appreciate what you have now before chasing new things you think will make you happy. If you are not happy now with all that you have why do you believe you will be happy with what you get in the future?
- Remember your achievements no matter how small. Everybody has done amazing things in their life and you are no exception. What are your major achievements?
- Be true to yourself. Look at what you are saying to others and how you behave and act, is this the real you?
- Actively work on improving how you feel about yourself.