Stop Lying to Yourself: How Lying Will Destroy Your Self Esteem

Lying is one of the most destructive behaviors we can engage in. When we lie, we not only betray another person’s trust, but also our own sense of integrity. Instead of seeing an act of deception as a necessary evil and learning from our mistake, many people tend to rationalize their behavior. After all, everyone lies sometimes, right? Lying to ourselves is even more destructive than lying to other people. Self-deception can cause us to make excuses for our actions that make no logical sense. When this happens, our self-esteem gets significantly damaged. How? Read on to find out!


What happens when you lie?

Lying is one of the most destructive behaviors we can engage in. When we lie, we not only betray another person’s trust, but also our own sense of integrity. When we lie to ourselves, it causes us to make excuses for our actions that make no logical sense. When this happens, our self-esteem gets significantly damaged. Why does lying to ourselves do so much damage? 1) Our credibility goes down When you tell a lie, your credibility decreases. Whether or not you get caught in the act of lying is irrelevant because your reputation will be tarnished either way. If people find out that you have lied and they know it was you who lied, they will view you as being untrustworthy and unreliable. This has serious implications for our personal relationships and business opportunities. 2) We lose confidence in ourselves Lying makes us feel guilty because we know deep down that what we're doing is wrong and possibly illegal. Guilt can cause an individual to lose all sense of self-confidence or worse--become depressed or even suicidal. Even if you do manage to get away with a lie without anyone finding out about it, guilt will eventually seep its way in and affect your decision making process throughout the day until it's too overwhelming to handle anymore. 3) We lose respect from others We deserve respect from others if we want to earn respect from them in return. But when we're dishonest with other people, they see


Lying and self-esteem: Why is it so bad for us?

Lying damages self-esteem in two ways. The first is when we lie to other people and they find out. When this happens, we feel terrible about ourselves because our actions have betrayed the trust of someone else. We know that what we did was wrong, but we’ve done it anyway. The second way lying damages our self-esteem is when the lies are to ourselves. When we rationalize our behavior and tell ourselves that everyone lies sometimes, it creates a sense of shame for us. Our minds are telling us that lying is okay, but our conscience tells us otherwise. This causes a whole new level of guilt and shame for us. In order to build effective relationships with others, it’s important to be honest with them from the start. If you want to build strong relationships with others and improve your self-esteem at the same time, stop lying!


How lying will make you feel about yourself

When we're dishonest with others, it can be easy to justify the act. But when we lie to ourselves, the consequences are much more destructive. We start to make excuses for our behavior or talk ourselves into believing that what we did was right. When this happens, our self-esteem gets significantly damaged. Exaggerating the positive aspects of our behaviors and downplaying the negative ones is a form of lying to ourselves called self-deception. The problem with self-deception is that it causes us to live in denial, which can lead to even more negative behavior in the future. For example, if you're not happy with your body but continue focusing on your strengths as a way to cope with feeling uncomfortable in social situations, you risk falling into a dangerous cycle where you deceive yourself about your body image and continue neglecting your needs for emotional support from friends and family members who will be able to help you improve your mental health. Lying may feel good in the moment because it gives us a temporary high--but in reality, it harms us in so many ways! It's hard not to lie because everyone does it sometimes--but there is no excuse for lying excessively or routinely when we know better! The best thing you can do for yourself is recognize when lies are happening and stop them before they harm you any further!


Lies and attractiveness

Lies and self-esteem don't just go hand in hand, they often reinforce each other. If you tell yourself a lie about your appearance, your opinion of yourself may change to match that lie. For example, if you're overweight, you might tell yourself that you're "curvy" or "athletic," when in reality, you're overweight. When people have low self-esteem, they'll often find ways to justify their behavior so they can feel better about themselves. They do this by lying to themselves about who they really are or what they've done wrong. The problem is that this type of deception only perpetuates the cycle of negativity. Every time we lie to ourselves--whether it's about our appearance or some other aspect of our lives--we lose a bit more self-esteem than we had before. The more we lie to ourselves, the less attractive we become in our own eyes. The less attractive we are in our own eyes, the more likely it is that we'll want to continue lying and make excuses for why we're not meeting other people's expectations of us.


Lies and relationships

Relationships require honesty from both parties in order to function properly. When one person lies, it creates a false sense of intimacy. Without truthfulness, the relationship can never be built on mutual understanding. One lie leads to another, and soon you’ve created an elaborate story that makes you feel better about yourself. But this is destructive for your self-esteem because if you believe nothing but lies about yourself, then your sense of worthiness is gone. Lies also lead to distrust in relationships. When you deceive someone else, they naturally question everything else you say as they assume that you’re lying too. It creates a vicious cycle where one lie leads to another and then another and so forth. This leaves people feeling like there's no truth anywhere in their life - not even with themselves!


Conclusion

Lying is a lose-lose proposition. Telling lies will make you feel bad about yourself and make it hard for you to maintain positive relationships. The good news is that you can change your ways and start telling the truth.