The consequences of an unhealthy self-esteem

The feelings of incompetence and worthlessness that are at the root of an unhealthy self-esteem are similar in every person. However, every individual learns and develops different methods to deal, or not deal, with these feelings during their developmental years. Fortunately, many children who choose to behave in irresponsible ways in their attempt to deal with an unhealthy self-esteem, later also choose to change their perspective of life. They mature and finally develop the healthy self-esteem they deserve. Others simply learn to deal with an unhealthy self-esteem through behaviors, such as being a workaholic, a sex-aholic, a spend-aholic, or an overeater.

However, my book isn’t about these people. It’s about the minority of us who choose to behave extremely irresponsibly - those who choose to commit crimes. While not everybody who has an unhealthy self-esteem chooses to commit crimes, all criminals have an unhealthy self-esteem. The reasons an individual develops errors in thought and perception are as numerous as the reasons why a person doesn’t develop these errors in thought and perception. The complexity of the human mind and diversity of variables in human behavior make it impossible to pinpoint one experience or genetic trait that would definitely cause an individual to develop a criminal point-of-view.

The key is, however, that all criminals have common errors in thinking and perception that combine to create a point-of-view that is conducive to criminal thought and behavior. How and why we developed these errors is something which must be dealt with on an individual basis. Although some of these errors in thought and perception can be attributed to an already unhealthy self-esteem, many others are simply erroneous beliefs which have been cultivated and now serve to skew our moral compass.

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