SELF: SELF-IMAGE AND SELF-ESTEEM                                         5c

 

 

LIST THE THREE QUALITIES

You would most like to                                1                                 

have and do not have at                              2                                 

all, or at least not to                                    3                                                         

the degree which you                                  

   would like

SOME COMMON VISION DISTORTIONS

ABOUTSELF

 

I - I must be loved and approved by everyone who knows me OR ELSE I cannot love and

     approve myself -

 

2.    I must be perfectly competent, adequate and successful in everything I do OR ELSE I cannot think of myself as a worthwhile person-.

 

3.    I have to please others and satisfy their expectations OR ELSE I am a failure.

 

4.    I must always keep the peace in all my relationships OR ELSE I will be failing in my duty.

 

5.    I must always be in control of every situation OR ELSE I will be subject to great danger.

 

 

WHAT THREE DISTORTIONS

in your own vision may be keeping you

from attaining each of the qualities you listed above?

 

1                                                                                       

 

 

2                                                                                       

 

3                                                                                       

 

 

 

Source: Building Self-Esteem Course Southeastern Community College, West Burlingtion, IA  September, 1984

 

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