Self esteem paradox (or is it?)
If you think you have an inaccurate self esteem, that means your views on yourself don't match the reality
But the "reality" you're comparing your self esteem to is also just your views on yourself, so those views become your self esteem
If you think you have an accurate self esteem, then it just means that your views on yourself match with... your views on yourself, which means nothing
So nobody has an accurate self esteem
Prove me wrong, please
it's the second thought I've had today that is so stupid that it actually makes sense
@jilotta it's not a binary (yes/no) flag and "views" are plural for a reason. A *perfectly* accurate self-esteem would be one that is internally consistent *all* of your experiences. Technically the conclusion that no one's got it has to be probabilistically accurate: https://xkcd.com/1475/
How much of your own experience you have to deny/ignore to believe your sense of self-esteem is the measure of inaccuracy.