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by Michael J. Formica
Michael J. Formica, MS, MA, EdM is a psychotherapist, social scientist, and educator in Westport CT. He is an Initiate in the Shankya Yoga lineage. See full bio
July 24, 2008, Personality

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Negative Self-perception and Shame

By Michael J. Formica on July 24, 2008 in Enlightened Living

We hear a great deal about self-esteem. But what is self-esteem, really? Self-esteem is our opinion of ourselves, based on others' perceptions. So, how is it that we all, or at least many of us, have such a distorted and negative self perception? Good question. Read More

hmmm, interesting, this

Submitted by farouk on October 1, 2008 - 2:15am.

hmmm, interesting, this might mean that we are creating criminals because of the way we deal with them, we changed their self concept until they were convinced that are criminals (though i am not saying all of them are innocent)

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