Increase Your Self-Esteem

Increase Your Self-Esteem

Memories of when you were able to function normally serve no useful purpose and only diminish your self-esteem. Choose new activities that are completely different from what you have done in the past, that are not related to your career or social status, and that you can comfortably do with your FM and/or CFS/ME.

Take control of something....anything. The symptoms of FM and CFS/ME and their fallout can cause you to feel out of control in many spheres of life. A sense of control is essential to boosting self-esteem, but is obtained only after multiple successful experiences. The good news is that control doesn't need to occur in every aspect of life. Control in one area (e.g. church choir, being an involved parent, keeping a beautiful flower garden) is sufficient to boost self-esteem.