Self-Respect
How to Regain Your Self-Respect and Why It Matters
Please consider making a donation to Silent Rights to enable us to keep helping victims of abuse and violence. You can make a donation through paypal here.
Our level of self-respect acts almost like a blueprint to instruct others how to engage with us. When we develop healthy reciprocal relationships, we find ourselves surrounded by those who respect us, support us, and treat us how we want to be treated.
Self-respect is loving yourself and treating yourself with care. It’s the result of staying true to your values and not being willing to compromise.
The more you engage in behaviors consistent with your beliefs and values, the more you’ll feel fulfilled and confident. This, in turn, will improve your sense of well-being.
Respecting yourself also prevents you from comparing yourself and your life with other people. This may be especially important in today’s digital world.
Self-comparison is rampant on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok. When we have a low level of self-respect, we tend to engage in more social comparison, which makes us feel worse about ourselves, not good enough, and minimize our achievements.
When someone has self-respect, they have accepted themselves and believe that they are deserving of belonging in the world. We are wired to want connection and a sense of belonging, so self-belonging and acceptance is incredibly important for psychological health, too.
If you feel you need to work on caring more about yourself and showing more self-respect, these tips can help you take the first step.
If self-respect means acting according to your values, the first step must be to clarify what your values are.
Values are firm beliefs about what’s important or desirable to you in life.
For example:
• integrity
• tolerance
• loyalty
• generosity
• cooperation
• wisdom
• commitment
To define your core values try asking yourself these two questions:
• What do you value most in life?
• Are your daily actions taking you closer or further away from the things you value most?
Try to work on these and similar questions by being honest with yourself. Consider leaving cultural or family expectations behind, so you can identify what matters to you.
Make health your priority. Shop now
You probably don’t live in isolation, even if you don’t have too many people around you.
Self-respect starts with the people you choose to have in your life and heart.
Surround yourself with people who empower you to accept and embrace your authentic self.
Self-respect is also about life satisfaction, and that may start by spending time and effort on the things you’re passionate about.
Although this isn’t always possible, try to include a few activities in your routine that make your heart happy.
These activities can be related to your social life, school, or work. Doing things you’re good at could also help you increase your sense of well-being.
Respecting yourself means taking care of yourself mentally, emotionally, socially, and physically.
Self-care activities can include:
• relaxation techniques to manage anxiety and stress
• spending time in nature
• connecting with your favorite people, even if virtually
• revising your diet to make it fit your health needs
• taking pauses to reset, rest, and recharge
If self-respect is about taking care of yourself, it’s important that you identify what “care” means for you. What are your needs? What would make you feel fulfilled and satisfied?
Check in with your needs on a daily basis, and instead of shaming yourself for having needs, nurture your needs.
It’s natural to feel apprehensive about spending too much time on yourself, especially if your responsibilities include taking care of others. But attending to your needs is essential to your well-being and can even prepare you to take better care of others if that’s a priority for you.
Self-respect is understanding and honoring your own needs. It’s knowing your worth and acting accordingly.
If you feel you can work more on your self-respect, consider identifying your values, setting boundaries, and nurturing your needs through self-care.
Please consider making a donation to Silent Rights to enable us to keep helping victims of abuse and violence. You can make a donation through paypal here.
Read more blog posts:
- Why an Abuser Will Do Whatever It Takes to Sabotage You
- The Myth of the Overworked Narcissist
- Why Narcissists Always Bring Up the Past
- You Are Not Crazy, Your Self-Worth is Inherent
- What Happens When You Treat a Narcissist the Way They Treat You?
- Discarding the Narcissist vs. Being Discarded by the Narcissist
- What Victims of Narcissistic Abuse Need to Know
- Why the Silent Treatment is the Best Way to Starve a Narcissist
- Love Bombing: Recognizing the Signs and Protecting Your Heart
- Preventing Teen Dating Violence: Education and Awareness
- Recognizing and Avoiding One-Sided Relationships
- Intersectionality and Abuse: Addressing the Unique Challenges Faced by Different Communities
- Nurturing Emotional Intelligence: Managing Aggression in Children
- The Role of Therapy and Counseling in Recovery from Abuse and Violence
- Protecting Against Digital Abuse
- When Your Adult Child Becomes an Abuser
- Oppose all forms of child abuse：The rights and interests of children are inviolable
- Identifying Narcissistic Behavior
- The Manipulative Web of Abusers: How They Use Everything and Everyone to Break You Down
- The Painful Reality: How Abusers Weaponize Children in Custody Battles
- Supporting a Loved One in an Abusive Relationship: A Guide to Providing Help
- The Importance of Planning for Your Future After Abuse
- How Talking About Your Abuse Can Help You Heal
- Harnessing the Healing Power of Affirmations with Action After Abuse
- South African Heritage Day: Celebrating Diversity, Unity, and Identity
- Social Media Safety – Common Social Media Scams
- Celebrating Women’s Day in South Africa: A Tribute to Resilience and Progress
- Recognizing the Signs: Identifying Domestic Abuse Patterns
- Navigating Parenthood Together: Understanding Parallel Parenting and Coparenting
- Do You Know Your Marriage Regime?
- Rebuilding Self-Esteem and Confidence: Tools and Techniques for Women after Abuse
- The Devastating Effects of Domestic Abuse on Victims and Their Children
- Betrayal and Healing: The Impact of Infidelity on Wives, Families, and Relationships
- Cybercrime and Domestic Violence
- Understanding Domestic Abuse
- Holding Your Abuser Accountable: The Importance of Opening a Case and Applying for a Protection Order
- Breaking the Silence: Confronting Gender-Based Violence Head-On
- The Power of Healing Quotes: Words that Mend the Soul
- Harnessing the Power of Affirmations for Healing from Abuse
- Navigating the Path to Love: Starting Dating After Experiencing Abuse
- Explaining to Your Child Why You Aren’t with an Abusive Parent: A Guide to Nurturing Understanding and Healing
- Processing Anger After Experiencing an Abusive Relationship
- Navigating Coparenting with an Abuser
- How to Deal with Narcissistic Family Members
- Escaping the Darkness: Planning Your Exit Strategy in an Abusive Relationship
- The Road to Healing: Processing Trauma and Building Resilience after Abuse
- From Victim to Survivor: Embracing a New Identity
- Parenting through Healing
- Recognizing Red Flags: Safeguarding Yourself from Toxic Relationships
- Love After Abuse: Healthy Relationships and Red Flags
- Thriving Beyond Abuse: Creating a Life of Joy and Fulfillment
- The Crucial Role of Self-Reflection in Escaping an Abusive Relationship
- The Healing Power of Journaling: Transforming Pain into Empowerment
- The Power of Financial Independence: Empowering Women to Escape Abusive Relationships
- Help create a precedent for Cyber Crime
- When a victim shares trauma
- Signs Someone Is Manipulating You
- WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS!
- Survivor Story: Ena Berger
- Adverse Childhood Experiences
- Co-parenting with a Narcissist
- Regain Your Self-Respect
- Common causes of domestic violence in relationship
- Self-care Tips To Heal From Trauma And Abuse
- How to Set Boundaries
- Gaslighting
- Healing after an abusive relationship
- Signs Of Sexual Abuse
- Abuse by proxy
- Rape culture
- Stalking!
- What is Harassment?
- Different types of Narcissists
- Courts of South Africa
- Signs of narcissistic behavior
- How to Recognize the Signs of Mental and Emotional Abuse
- Why Do People Abuse?
- Releasing Emotional Pain
- Be careful what you post on social media
- Why do abused women stay?
- Why women don’t feel safe
- Trying to hide the abuse
- Know your Human Rights
- Evidence
- Trauma Bonding
- What is Domestic Abuse?
- Harassment Order
- Protection Orders
