Healthy vs toxic forms of self-esteem
Researchers have found that there are different types of self-esteem. There are two broad categories:
- Healthy self-esteem. You base the way you feel on the things you can control in your life.
- Toxic self-esteem. You base your self-worth on external, uncontrollable things in your life that can make your life fragile.
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