Steps to learn to respect yourself

If we want others to respect us, respect our rights, our way of life, thinking and feeling, the first step we must take to achieve this is learn to respect ourselves. This, which at first seems to be something that we all do unconsciously, is not always the case, and many times it is ourselves and not others, who disrespect each other.

Learning to respect ourselves will also make us feel more confident in ourselves and will also have a positive effect on our self-esteem.

To regain respect for ourselves, we must follow these steps:

• Begin to respect yourself by developing behaviors of respect towards others. Be honest With yourself, take into account your own emotions and feelings and take care of them. Learn to develop an opinion about things and respect it. For this, it is important that you learn to know yourself, to know what you feel and think and to take it into account.
• Do not insult or denigrate yourself yourself, whether things go well or the result was not what you expected.
• Don't let anyone disrespect you
  That is, do not allow others to treat you badly, denigrate you, manipulate you or make you feel inferior. When this happens, assertively let him know that you are not going to allow such behavior. This self-defense will increase your self-respect immediately.

If you are not very sure if you respect yourself or not, think about what it means to you to respect another and in the behaviors that you carry out to show that respect, such as listening to him, taking his opinion into account, being honest with the other, not hurting him in a premeditated way..., etc. It is these behaviors that you must develop with yourself to learn to respect yourself.

This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.