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How do you define low confidence?
Low confidence is basically a lack of belief and a negative attitude toward yourself. Low self-esteem makes people feel incapable of love, awkward, or useless.
It is associated with negative outcomes that can affect our nature and behaviour.
Low self-esteem can stem from a variety of factors. Let’s try to understand the background of low confidence first.
Factors That Influence Low Confidence
Experiences
- Experiences like physical and emotional traumas from the past can affect our social behaviour and can change how we react due to a lack of confidence.
- Noticing others whispering and laughing and assuming that they are talking about you can make you feel like you’re being judged.
- When someone you see as an authority position invites you to speak with them, you always feel bad and as if you’ve done something bad, even if you haven’t.
Appearance
Body image is a huge factor in young people’s self-confidence, especially in teen girls. It is observed that most of the girls are insecure about how they look and how they are perceived.
Since childhood, we come across unrealistic images of how women should look which set up unrealistic expectations.
Being a member of a society that degrades you – by not respecting you, pressuring you to do things you don’t want to do, not valuing your thoughts and feelings, and so on – can make you feel as if something is wrong with you.
Academic Stress
If we relate to the definition of self-esteem “confidence in one’s own abilities.”
Students who assess their worth by their academic performance may study harder, but they experience more academic stress.
They return to a low confidence stage, which results in no change in grades.
Sometimes the correlation of low performance and social validation can stem low confidence in ourselves.
Parental Involvement
When parents are overly involved in their children’s lives, they have far too much control on how they represent themselves , leaving the child with very few opportunities to have an opinion.
- Setting up high expectations without considering the child’s interests.
- Comparing Children to cousins or elder siblings.
- Not praising and instead highlighting some negative points leave a negative impact on our confidence.
- Expecting to blindly follow what is said.
Social Media
While social media is frequently promoted as a way to lessen loneliness, a growing body of evidence suggests it may have the opposite impact.
It can cause self-doubt by arousing comparisons with others, which can lead to mental health difficulties including anxiety and depression.
Even if we don’t get enough likes on social media, that develops low confidence.
If you take time to notice how you think you may understand what type of impact they have on you.
With proper support, mentality, and behavioural changes, you may overcome low self-confidence. Adjust your mindset and evolve as a confident person.
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Sharvari is a CSE undergrad and an author at Evolve. She is a dreamer. An explorer of life which she showcases in her writing. She writes to share, to learn and to be heard!