Reasons for lack of confidence, psychological methods to improve confidence

Self-confidence is a manifestation of people's high comprehensive quality, but in real life, many people are not confident. So, what is the psychological reason for the lack of confidence?

Reasons for lack of confidence:

1. Always think negatively about everything

2. Not having a correct understanding of oneself, focusing too much on one's own shortcomings and ignoring one's own strengths and advantages

3. Not getting encouragement and affirmation from others, and not being able to accept and identify with oneself

4. Lack of independent thinking ability

Ways to boost your confidence:

First, always pay attention to your strengths and achievements. If you always think about your shortcomings and failures, you will certainly become less and less confident. Isn't this destroying your own prestige? You must grow your ambition. You will always have many strengths and achievements. List them and write them down on a piece of paper. Write down at least five strengths and five achievements. Look at this piece of paper and think about it often. When doing various activities, think about your strengths and tell yourself what achievements you have made. This is called the "confidence contagion effect." This effect is very effective in improving your self-confidence and is conducive to increasing the success rate of doing this activity.

Second, hang out with confident people. “A red man becomes redder if he keeps company with a red man, and a black man becomes blacker if he keeps company with a black man.” If you hang out with pessimistic and disappointed people, you will also become depressed. If you hang out with broad-minded and confident people, you will definitely become such a person. Make friends with ambitious and confident people.

Third, self-psychological suggestion, constantly reinforce yourself in a positive way, and avoid negative reinforcement. When you encounter difficulties, don't give up. Keep saying to yourself: "I can do it!", "I'm great!", "I can do better!", etc. Repeating confident words to yourself is a very important self-positive psychological suggestion, which is conducive to continuously improving your self-confidence. This has been confirmed by psychological research.