[Mannosuke]

How are self esteem & self confidence different?

[VIETboredom]

Uhm. I don't think this is right but

I think self-esteem is how you feel about YOURSELF. Like your entire self. As a person.
And I think self-confidence is like when you feel confident in doing an action or something. So I think that being confident isn't a feeling you can feel all the time...

Haha. I want to study psychology T_T I wonder if it's fun and easy :< is it hard? You take psychology right? Do youuu like it?

[oyay]

Haha. I want to study psychology T_T I wonder if it's fun and easy :< is it hard? You take psychology right? Do youuu like it?

I just started it online...and i find it pretty interesting..but you have to think lots lmao

also i think self-confidence being confident and trusting yourself when doing something
while self-esteem is when you feel good about yourself and what other people say won't affect how you feel about yourself.

[Regina Rae]

Everyone knows they're not the exact same thing, but they are close.
They both deal with how you view yourself. Your self worth (self steem) and what yourself capable of (self confidence).

So yeah, they're not the same, but they're not very different. Sighs.

[Mannosuke]

Everyone knows they're not the exact same thing, but they are close.
They both deal with how you view yourself. Your self worth (self steem) and what yourself capable of (self confidence).

So yeah, they're not the same, but they're not very different. Sighs.

I don't think in terms of similarities, I think in terms of concreteness. They are two different ideas regardless of how similar they may be, and they both touch on different things. That's what is important, not "they're not very different"

They may relate to each other such as for example you think you're completely useless and hence feel that you can't do anything, but that's another story.

Consequences should be thought of AFTER you have a solid foundation to work with.

[Regina Rae]

I don't think in terms of similarities, I think in terms of concreteness. They are two different ideas regardless of how similar they may be, and they both touch on different things. That's what is important, not "they're not very different"

They may relate to each other such as for example you think you're completely useless and hence feel that you can't do anything, but that's another story.

Consequences should be thought of AFTER you have a solid foundation to work with.

Mmmmm, yes. We are all aware that they are two different things. I stated that. So what is your point? You saldy never seem to arrive at a point. *hides*

You asked what self esteem was. People gave you answers. You asked what self confidence was, and people gave you answers. Your questions have all been answered. So there is no reason to bring up other things...such as consequences and bla bla bla. Because then you'd just be talking in circles.

[Mannosuke]

Mmmmm, yes. We are all aware that they are two different things. I stated that. So what is your point? You saldy never seem to arrive at a point. *hides*

You asked what self esteem was. People gave you answers. You asked what self confidence was, and people gave you answers. Your questions have all been answered. So there is no reason to bring up other things...such as consequences and bla bla bla. Because then you'd just be talking in circles.

I bring up other things because those "other" things may confuse people and lead them to what I think are wrong conclusions.

Just because you think they're similar, doesn't mean others think that as well. The fact that you continue to use words such as "we" and "everyone" means you believe everyone shares your opinion, which is not true. Of course, you're already being very ambiguous because your domain may be the set of all members that includes only yourself, so "everyone" would simply refer to yourself, but that's not what I (and many others) would think immediately.

[megan92]

oh man. my reply will probably sound stupid cause i am bad at putting my thoughts into words.
anyway, i think self esteem is an inner thing and self confidence is being able to project that outward!? there are probably people who like themselves just fine and have healthy self esteem but they might not be confident. like some people at school who know the answer but won't say it because of some self doubt or sth, or someone who feels like they are qualified for a certain job but is still really timid in an interview. self esteem might be what you think of yourself without any outside influence but confidence can be affected by what other people think. haha i really don't know. but i think i have (or at least used to have) good self esteem. i could find good traits about myself but i never was that confident because i always care too much about people perceive me.

meh. i don't even know if i'm sure what you asked and i probably didn't give a good answer either but oh well.
btw this is o/t but dang you have a lot of posts for having just joined in june.

[Regina Rae]

I bring up other things because those "other" things may confuse people and lead them to what I think are wrong conclusions.

Just because you think they're similar, doesn't mean others think that as well.

The fact that you continue to use words such as "we" and "everyone" means you believe everyone shares your opinion, which is not true.

You bring up....consequences. Consequences in fact has nothing to do with the conversation at hand.

Any smart person would agree that they are similar. That's "concretness" right there. Yes, I agree with you that they touch on different things, but no matter what things they touch on, they are still similar. In fact, they are so similar to me, that your question almost seems ridiculous. That's why you've only gotten 4 replies, because your question doesn't make any sense.

I was using figurative speech.

[joxxy]

In my opinion, self esteem is how one perceives his/herself. I think it deals more with one's outside appearance (face, clothes, etc).
For example - If someone has low self esteem and a random stranger approaches that person and pays them a compliment, that person's self esteem would rise dramatically. (Unless that person's self esteem is so low that he/she would deny it)

Self confidence is one's in his/her ability to accomplish various tasks. In contrast to self esteem, self confidence is what's on the inside. (Motivation, own sense of competency)
Example - Someone is faced with what seems like an impossible task - if that person has self confidence, that person would be optimistic and try to do it despite the difficulty.

I know my examples aren't the best but my brain is pretty much blank right now.

[Mannosuke]

That's why you've only gotten 4 replies, because your question doesn't make any sense.

How does it not make sense? Compared to most of my previous threads, this thread only asks for two things: to define and describe self-esteem and self-confidence. I find it very straightforward and very easy to answer on an exam.

What's so hard to understand? Any "smart" person would be able to understand what the questions are asking for, for some definition of "smart" which you have not explained yourself for.

If you find that it doesn't make sense, you want to provide a suggestion to phrase it in such a way that "any smart person" would understand? I'm all ears.

In my opinion, self esteem is how one perceives his/herself. I think it deals more with one's outside appearance (face, clothes, etc).
For example - If someone has low self esteem and a random stranger approaches that person and pays them a compliment, that person's self esteem would rise dramatically. (Unless that person's self esteem is so low that he/she would deny it)

Self confidence is one's in his/her ability to accomplish various tasks. In contrast to self esteem, self confidence is what's on the inside. (Motivation, own sense of competency)
Example - Someone is faced with what seems like an impossible task - if that person has self confidence, that person would be optimistic and try to do it despite the difficulty.

I know my examples aren't the best but my brain is pretty much blank right now.

Good explanations. I'll probably use this when I'm describing what they are to others.

[Regina Rae]

How does it not make sense?

Compared to most of my previous threads, this thread only asks for two things: to define and describe self-esteem and self-confidence.

If you find that it doesn't make sense, you want to provide a suggestion to phrase it in such a way that "any smart person" would understand? I'm all ears.

I already told you how it doesn't make sense, but I guess I'll tell you again. It doesn't make sense because self esteem & self confidence are too similar (imo) to have them "vs" each other.

Yes, and you got your answers. Didn't you?

Okay, I take back what I said. You're question does make sense. It's just flawed. Instead of asking what is self esteem and self confidence, you should have asked, how are self esteem & self confidence different. When you phrase it the way you did, your answers are all going to sound the same. (BECAUSE they are similarrrrrrr) When you phrase it the way I suggested, then you get different sounding answers, and you would get to know self esteem & self confidence a little bit better. And maybe then this thread would've had more replies. Yeah? :D

[Humilious]

simply put, i think self esteem is the way you view yourself, and self confidence is the ability to put aside what people think of you.

[Mannosuke]

Okay, I take back what I said. You're question does make sense. It's just flawed. Instead of asking what is self esteem and self confidence, you should have asked, how are self esteem & self confidence different. When you phrase it the way you did, your answers are all going to sound the same. (BECAUSE they are similarrrrrrr) When you phrase it the way I suggested, then you get different sounding answers, and you would get to know self esteem & self confidence a little bit better. And maybe then this thread would've had more replies. Yeah?

Yeah? let's try it. Bump for emphasis. Experiment starts now.

[Regina Rae]

Yeah? let's try it. Bump for emphasis. Experiment starts now.