“Fundamentally, for Leary, self-esteem is not about ourselves as much as how we much we believe that we are valued by others”
I wonder if there’s some circularity going on here? How we believe others value us is dependent on self-esteem, which is dependent on how others value us, and so on.
Interesting point, thanks for sharing!! He does make an argument that some people would be more susceptible to low self esteem and perceive themselves as low value by others due to past experiences, which exactly comes to your point as to the lense through which we perceive
“Fundamentally, for Leary, self-esteem is not about ourselves as much as how we much we believe that we are valued by others”
I wonder if there’s some circularity going on here? How we believe others value us is dependent on self-esteem, which is dependent on how others value us, and so on.
Interesting point, thanks for sharing!! He does make an argument that some people would be more susceptible to low self esteem and perceive themselves as low value by others due to past experiences, which exactly comes to your point as to the lense through which we perceive
"It’s an internal gauge of how socially accepted—or socially at risk—we believe we are."
I think you're onto something here. :)