11 Things People Do When Their Self-Esteem Is Quietly Crumbling

  • Publish date: Friday، 10 October 2025 Reading time: 1 min read

Withdraw from Social Situations

Become Overly Critical of Themselves

Seek Constant Validation

Avoid Challenges

Over-Apologize

Constantly Compare Themselves to Others

Isolate Themselves Emotionally

Overthink and Second-Guess Decisions

Engage in Negative Self-Talk

Become Perfectionistic

Avoid Compliments

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Self esteem is a very important issue in the way we perceive ourselves and how we deal with the world around us. However when it is in its downward, most people will demonstrate some of the behavior that indicate their issues. Those not loud but rather indicators of another, much deeper problem they tend to be unnoticed easily, yet they can be all-important so. The following are 11 of the things that people tend to do when their self-esteem is silently dying.

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