Don’t Give Yourself Permission to Feel Inferior

Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:

• Don’t Give Yourself Permission to Feel Inferior
• How to Stop Feeling Inferior
• From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• Video: Bipolar Disorder: Insecurities and Self-Doubt
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• Mental Health Quote

Don’t Give Yourself Permission to Feel Inferior

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

While completely true, Eleanor Roosevelt’s statement is easier said than believed. Mental illness and personality disorders often make us feel inferior from the inside out. Because of an illness, we often feel as though we are “less than.”

Mental illness has a terrible habit of causing us to give ourselves permission to feel inferior. We see our flaws and give them more weight than our many strengths.

How to Stop Feeling Inferior

What can we do to stop giving ourselves permission to feel inferior? Try these ideas to start:

• Action: Every day, do at least one small thing that moves you forward. Make your bed, eat well, walk to the corner and back.
• Accomplishment: One of the great things about action is that it brings a sense of accomplishment. Feeling accomplishment helps us to see our strengths.
• Meaning: Add things to your life that are meaningful to you. This will help guide your actions, and because they’re important to you, the actions will help you feel good about yourself.

As you act, feel accomplished, and create meaning, you’ll see yourself in a bright new light. You just might see that you don’t have a reason to give yourself or others permission to make you feel inferior.

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— Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee) March 30, 2018

Related Articles Dealing with Mental Illness and Feeling Inferior

• Stop Feeling Insecure at Work
• Self-Hatred and Depression Make Living a Blissful Life Difficult
• Five Ways to Improve Confidence Instantly
• Seeking Approval from Others Hurts Your Self-Esteem
• Unique and Effective Approaches to Building Self-Esteem

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: What has made you feel inferior to others? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, knowledge, and experiences on the HealthyPlace Facebook page and on the HealthyPlace Google+ page.

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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• Bipolar Medication Weight Gain and Body Image Issues
• Borderline Relationships: How To Take It Slow
• Body Dysmorphia In Binge Eating Disorder
• Online Arguments with Strangers and Your Happiness
• Getting Through the Anniversary of the Death of a Loved One
• 10 Tips on How to Accomplish Big Goals with Bipolar Disorder
• Working Towards Your Dreams Even with a Mental Illness
• The Relationship with Yourself: I’m Finally Doing Right By Me
• There’s No Cure for Dissociative Identity Disorder
• How to Exercise to Treat Depression the Right Way
• My Schizoaffective Anxiety Treatment Isn’t Working Anymore
• Five Anxiety Reduction Techniques and Why I Love Them
• How to Feel More Confident When You’re Intimidated
• Getting Past Low Self-Esteem for Career Success
• Tips on Dating Someone with a Mental Illness
• What Are Your Reasons to Recover from Self-Harm?
• Moving Past Shame After Abuse in PTSD Recovery
• Friendship with a Person Who Has Bipolar Disorder
• Making Friends at Work When You Have Depression
• 10 Ways Relationship Abuse Is Sabotaging Your Life
• Gaslighting Abuse Examples and How to Respond

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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From HealthyPlace YouTube Channel

I'm Hannah. I Have Bipolar 2

3 Ways Bipolar Medications Help Me

There is no perfect bipolar medication. Let’s just get that out of the way. But, you know what, I’m grateful that medications for bipolar disorder exist. I’d be completely messed up if they didn’t. (Watch Hannah)

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. Couples Counseling Made Me Realize I Have Problems Of My Own
2. My Life Is Chaos but I Must Cope with Anxiety Anyway
3. Food Isn’t Good or Bad and What You Eat Doesn’t Define You

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Mental Health Quote

"When she is happy, she can't stop talking. When she is sad, she doesn't say a word."

Read more bipolar quote.

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