This week we have Dr. Lisa Strohman and she dives into the world of self-worth. Where do we get our self-worth from?
Self-worth is one of those things that seems to be in such short supply. The more social media does its thing the more it appears to diminish a person’s self-worth.
The definition of self-worth is the same as Mirriam Webster’s Dictionary. Having the sense of one’s own value as a human being.
Now with social media, we are actually diving into a huge sin that is tough to get out of. This sin doesn’t do you or anybody else any good. In fact, the very act of this sin diminishes our self-worth because we believe it will increase our sense of self-worth. What is that sin? It is the act of comparison. Comparing yourself to the success and failures of other people. These could be the people you know or the people you don’t know.
The reason this is so bad in the social media frame is that the algorithm feeds us more of what we want it doesn’t challenge us. It doesn’t push us to understand how valuable we are to the world.
An example that Dr. Strohman uses is the story of Molly Russel. This 14-year-old girl was viewed by her community in a very positive light. Her dad said she was future-focused. Yet one day she acted like everything was normal and she went to her room and committed suicide.
The parents obviously started looking for answers as to why. And they started looking online and they found many clues as to what she thought of herself.
Dr. Strohman starts to explain that Social Medis has weakened humans to depend on external validation of their self-worth. Social Media often bashes you for being selfish and not being altruistic. Yet here is a great example as to why sacrificing yourself isn’t good. Social media shows that you actually must be a little selfish if you want to be able to find your self-worth. Because you can’t have worth if you think you are worthless. Only worthless things can be disposed of so easily so you have to inherently be selfish to be able to provide value to society.
Finding your own self-worth is tough. You actually can’t get your self-worth from anybody other than yourself. You see, self-worth is an emotion and your thoughts make your emotions. So if you don’t have a lot of self-worth you have to explore the thoughts you have. See where your thought error is happening. When you do that you can change your thoughts which can change your emotions and change your results.
