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I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem.

I had self-esteem issues into my early 20s.

Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.

I had low self-esteem.

I've suffered from low self-esteem.

I grew up with low self-esteem. I didn't think I was very pretty. I had glasses, red hair and was generally quite a spod.

Well, we all know that self-esteem comes from what you think of you, not what other people think of you.

Oh, God, I struggle with low self-esteem all the time! I think everyone does. I have so much wrong with me, it's unbelievable!

For a kid, self-esteem can be as close at hand as a sports victory or a sense of belonging in a peer group. It's a much more complicated and elusive proposition for adults, subject to the responsibilities and vicissitudes of grown-up life.

I suffer from low self-esteem. I had horrible self-esteem growing up. You really have to save yourself because the critic within you will eat you up. It's not the outside world - it's your interior life, that critic within you, that you have to silence.