Self-esteem and self-contempt have specific odors; they can be smelled.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
I judge people on how they smell, not how they look.
Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.
Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable. Lovable means I feel people want to be with me. They invite me to parties; they affirm I have the qualities necessary to be included. Feeling capable is knowing that I can produce a result. It's knowing I can handle anything that life hands me.
The sense of smell explores; deleterious substances almost always have an unpleasant smell.
Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.
Smell is incredibly important and sensual; it communicates who you are.
Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.
To me, self-esteem is not self-love. It is self-acknowledgment, as in recognizing and accepting who you are.
Smells are so powerful and evocative, sometimes stronger than visual cues.
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