5 Reasons Why Confidence Is Important, Including Maintaining Mental Health You Know

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JAKARTA – Confidence, according to experts, is defined as a way to behave about one's skills and abilities. Quoting the University of South Florida page, feeling confident means accepting and believing in yourself. Even then, you can control your life.

Low self-confidence can make you always doubtful, passive, and difficult to trust others. Low self-esteem, due to many factors. For example living in an environment that is not supportive or too critical. It can also be triggered by deep loss, judging yourself too hard, or fear of failure.

Self-confidence is important in all aspects of life. Including important to maintain a healthy mental. Reported by Psychology Today, Monday, March 14, clinical psychologist Barbara Markway, Ph.D. uncover the reasons why self-confidence is important.

1. Reduces fear and anxiety

Anxiety about doing new things or being afraid to face challenges also builds on your self-confidence. With self-confidence, one can dispel self-sabotaging thoughts. Such as doubting "can I complete this new task" or negating "I can't do it".

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2. Greater self-motivation

The reason why self-confidence is important, because it can motivate yourself. Small steps can be taken when you are motivated to pursue achievements. Whether it's achieving a successful career to mastering everyday skills or achieving fitness goals.

3. Have self-restraint

Believing in yourself is a skill that has the effect of finding methods of dealing with setbacks and failures. Believing that we have failed is also part of believing in ourselves to be able to fix it. You don't have to blame yourself when you fail. Instead, you need encouragement to try new things and understand that failure leads to growth.

4. Improve good relations

In fact, according to Markway, people are often wrapped up in their own worries. The further away you are from limiting thoughts, the less worried you will be about doing things to achieve your goals.

5. With confidence, you can cultivate empathy

When you are actually present, you will know that those closest to you are feeling sad, happy, or need help. But when you are preoccupied with self-doubt, then reaching out to help others will be delayed or even unthinkable.

Markway's message, self-confidence is deep-rooted. By believing in yourself, you can accept your weaknesses and create useful strengths as ammunition throughout life.