Wellbeing Compass JA — Self-esteem (自尊心), 38th
38th Japanese page LIVE. Low self-esteem is a persistent sense of worthlessness and harsh self-criticism — distinct from body-image or impostor patterns alone. Small experiences of self-respect rebuild it.
Japanese self-esteem is live on Wellbeing Compass — title-lock 自尊心 | Wellbeing Compass, h1 自尊心. Source: ja/self-esteem.html (bare path soft-404 — .html required). Sonnet commit 04b5ea34 “Add Japanese translation: self-esteem.html (page 38)”. Map-check: no prior japanese-self-esteem — CLEAN for JA 38th.
Key framing from the live page: low self-esteem can show up as a lasting sense of “I have no worth,” harsh self-criticism, and difficulty accepting praise or kindness. It is distinguished from body-image and impostor patterns — it concerns overall worth as a person, not only appearance or one domain of achievement. Self-esteem can recover gradually through small stacked experiences of self-respect.
What to try today: replace self-criticism with self-compassion (points to the self-compassion-break tool, private browser-only); when specific self-critical thoughts loop (“I’m worthless,” “everyone knows I’m a failure”), try the thought-record tool to weigh evidence for and against. Further support section + related topics. Externals: HelpGuide self-esteem · NHS raise low self-esteem · Psychology Today basics · Therapist Aid worksheets · findahelpline.
Japan care lines retained: TELL 0800-300-8355; いのちの電話 0120-783-556; よりそいホットライン 0120-279-338; emergency 110/119. Editorial: informational starting points only — not diagnosis or treatment.