Dr. Matt May

Yeah.

Yeah.

I cheated and I looked it up online. It means to respect and admire oneself.

I cheated and I looked it up online. It means to respect and admire oneself.

I'll try to say some cool things.

I'll try to say some cool things.

Or bears.

Or bears.

Sure. Did you look that up too?

Sure. Did you look that up too?

From what I gather, self-confidence is something like believing that you can do something, believing in your skills or abilities to do something. And whereas self-esteem is like admiring oneself and respecting oneself.

From what I gather, self-confidence is something like believing that you can do something, believing in your skills or abilities to do something. And whereas self-esteem is like admiring oneself and respecting oneself.

Yeah. Yeah, I think that'll be part of the answer to David's question is why would we want to get rid of it? But yeah, I think we could have too much self-confidence believing that we could do something like, say, open heart surgery if we're not a surgeon. And that would be excessive self-confidence. And we could have too much self-esteem, too.

Yeah. Yeah, I think that'll be part of the answer to David's question is why would we want to get rid of it? But yeah, I think we could have too much self-confidence believing that we could do something like, say, open heart surgery if we're not a surgeon. And that would be excessive self-confidence. And we could have too much self-esteem, too.

We could we could think highly of ourselves, even if we're doing something kind of terrible. And it would be inappropriate to be approving of ourselves and more appropriate to acknowledge our wrongdoing and let others know that we were not having a lot of self-esteem right now. We're kind of hating ourselves for something that we've done and and then to let go of the self-loathing, too.

We could we could think highly of ourselves, even if we're doing something kind of terrible. And it would be inappropriate to be approving of ourselves and more appropriate to acknowledge our wrongdoing and let others know that we were not having a lot of self-esteem right now. We're kind of hating ourselves for something that we've done and and then to let go of the self-loathing, too.

Exactly. Yeah. So I think it's very situational, context dependent. And was it adaptive to have confidence here, self-esteem here or not?

Exactly. Yeah. So I think it's very situational, context dependent. And was it adaptive to have confidence here, self-esteem here or not?

Well, I was thinking self-confidence is related to thoughts like I can do this. I have the skills and the abilities to do this. And that that could be adaptive or maladaptive. Like you could... have not enough self-confidence where you actually have the skill to do something, but you don't believe in yourself.

Well, I was thinking self-confidence is related to thoughts like I can do this. I have the skills and the abilities to do this. And that that could be adaptive or maladaptive. Like you could... have not enough self-confidence where you actually have the skill to do something, but you don't believe in yourself.