Believe in yourself

Self-confidence can only come to you through habit. What I mean by this is self-confidence can only be acquired by repeatedly doing things that make you believe in yourself. If you can lie to yourself and repeat it every hour for a whole week the chances are you will begin to believe the lie is true. Well if that is true (which it is) then that means if we tell ourselves something over and over again then we will begin to believe it. This is how we can teach ourselves to be confident, by repeatedly thinking or speaking of things that make us positive.

So what can you do that is positive. First and probably the most important of all the things you can do to make your self more confident is to smile. Even when you don't feel like you want to smile try it, it can't hurt you so why not? It has been proven that if you smile even it is a false smile, a chemical gets released into the brain that makes you more happy. So smiling not only can make you more confident, smiling can also help against depression.

Secondly you need to start ignoring people especially your parents. Now I do not mean ignore everything that you are told but you will have to learn what to listen to and which to ignore. Phrases like, don't be so stupid and that will never work, do the most harm to your confidence. Most people do not even realize that they cause their kids all sorts of harm by saying these types of things to them. When you hear somebody using these phrases, either plug your ears or walk away.

If you just practice these two techniques then I can guarantee you will begin to feel more confident within a couple of weeks, but if you stop once your feeling more confident of yourself you will lose your confidence just as quickly. Remember to keep at it and keep coming back here to get more hints and tips to get you on the road to recovery. I recommend that you come back every week for new techniques that were not available before.