Teen Girls ask the internet am I ugly?

Posted by journeysinward | Posted in Confidence Hypnotherapy, Hypnotherapy, Teenage Issues | Posted on 25-02-2012-05-2008

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Teenage Self Esteem
Find out about this self destructive behavior- teen and tween girls asking strangers on the internet if they are pretty or ugly!

They are just opening themselves up to bullying as well as predators on the internet. This is not the way to build self-esteem!

http://moms.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/24/10498893-teen-girls-ask-the-internet-am-i-ugly

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Cyber bullying results in teen suicide.

Posted by journeysinward | Posted in Confidence Hypnotherapy, Hypnotherapy | Posted on 25-10-2011-05-2008

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Teen Commits Suicide after being Cyber bullied.

Bullying has always been around. Kids getting beat up on the playground, name calling, teasing, gangs and clubs have all been a way for kids to feel better about themselves.

The saying “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me” has been around forever but names do hurt and bullying can have severe consequences like the many suicides that have been brought to the attention of the media recently. These cases have people wondering if bullying is on the rise.

Cyber bullying is new and can spread instantly to thousands of kids. There is no real way to control it, and if you are the victim of this kind of bullying you could begin to feel like the whole world is against you and find no place to turn.

Before you know it an unflattering picture of you or naming you a slut or a fag is on everyone’s cell phone or computer. At least bullies of previous decades had to hold you down before they could punch you and then usually it was only between the two of you.

Kids are embarrassed and hurt, so many times they don’t tell their parents what is going on. They hide it. Some of the ways a parent might tell if their child is being bullied is:

Schools seem to be the place where bullying is most prevalent. There is always a social hierarchy, popular kids, nerdy kids, jocks, etc. In the past few weeks, three teenage boys committed suicide after being bullied and a freshman at Rutgers University threw himself from the George Washington Bridge in New York City after his roommate had secretly recorded a video of him kissing a guy and the video went up on YouTube.

Some people have great memories of their school years and others have traumatic memories that haunt them all their life. They continue to have self-esteem issues into adulthood from things mean kids said or did to them. It seems like life is hard enough to get through but when you add bullying into the mix it sometimes makes life unbearable and kids fall into deep depressions leading eventually to suicide in some cases.

It seems to me that we need to start with elementary school and teach our kids to appreciate each other for our differences. The world would be pretty boring if everyone was the same. They should have a “Peer Appreciation Day” every week where they do something like pick a name out of a hat and that is the person you eat lunch with. After lunch you write a paragraph on what you like about that person and at the end of the day that paper is given to the person written about. It is amazing when your peers write something honest about you, that they like, how it boosts your self esteem. If this starts with young kids and is carried out all through your school years I think it could make a big difference in the way kids see each other.

Bullies should be held accountable for their actions. If they caused someone to commit suicide or someone to stop coming to school out of fear, there should be some retribution. We can’t sit back and watch this happen to our children. Someday that person that was picked on may be the person everyone wants to know, like a genius in technology or a fortune 500 CEO.

There needs to be a lot more attention put on this in the schools. I don’t think all kids really want to be mean but sometimes the peer pressure is too great from their friends and they do things they regret later. If a child’s self esteem is intact and they learn at an early age to see the good in everyone and teachers use effective teaching strategies to ingrain this in their students; I think we may have a chance.

Some links to resources on this subject are:   

http://www.njsbf.org/images/content/1/1/11155/CR%20Elementary%20Volume%20II.pdf

http://www.partnersagainsthate.org/publications/programs.pdf 

Building Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence

Posted by journeysinward | Posted in Confidence Hypnotherapy, Hypnotherapy | Posted on 08-12-2010-05-2008

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Self Esteem and Confidence HypnosisIn today’s rapidly changing, and somewhat scary world, it’s necessary for each of us to be confident and be able to achieve our goals. This is our greatest desire, despite what the economic indicators say, or how we feel about ourselves, we know that when we wake up tomorrow, that in order for us to really be successful in our adventures in life – we need greater confidence.

I’m often reminded of the movie, The NeverEnding Story – The majority of the story takes place in the parallel world called Fantasia, which is a world being destroyed by the ‘Nothing’ or empathy (people’s lack of creative imagination in the real world). The first boy hero Bastian Bux was often told “Be Confident, Be Confident” and of course when he was and everything turned out okay. But first he had to face his fears, and then face his real self in the mirror. Whew! Have you ever really faced yourself or looked deeply at yourself?

Most of us have not done so, and thus we live believing that what our ego tells us about ourselves is true. The ego isn’t necessarily our best friend, as you know – and since self-confidence which is based on a true knowledge of one’s inner self and true inner abilities IS your best friend in life, it would be wise to choose sides right now, choose either the ego (which will lie to you), or the true self – which is honest and truthful and will lead you naturally to self-confidence.

Now I will tell you, as others told Bastian – Be Confident!

We’ve all had moments when we felt confident. When we won at something important, an award, a prize, an honor – it felt great, and often we felt we worked hard at getting it – we deserved the recognition and award – we were confident. Remember how that felt? If you can’t, just imagine how it would feel to open your mail one day and find something really fantastic in the mail, something that you just knew would lead you to something great. You’d feel confident immediately.

So, for just a second, remember what it feels like – or imagine what it would feel like (using that creative imagination inside of you) and just FEEL confident. For a moment BE confident, and know that it comes from a source DEEP within you, a real source of power and life. It’s true. We all have it DEEP inside.

Now, just imagine that you’re listening to an audio self-hypnosis mp3 audio on self-confidence, and you are in a light state relaxation with your eyes closed and …. You’re hearing me tell you, while in a self-hypnotic state, to “Be Confident”. That message would go straight to your subconscious mind – and you’d be confident immediately. Sound great doesn’t. Repeated listening would make you feel even more confident. It’s that easy – so Be Confident.

So here’s to being more confident and applying that true self-confidence to life, and winning, being successful and achieving all your goals. Listening to self-hypnosis self-confidence audios is the way to achieve that level of self-confidence fast, and is your key to getting their with the power of your own subconscious mind, with self-hypnosis from http://journeysinwardhypnotherapy.com/mp3/confidence-issues