The feeling of worthlessness is a feeling that threatens one’s self from an early age. Parents and family members reflect the basis of the feeling of worthlessness to the person. Sense of unworthiness to children, labeling and prejudiced sentences such as ‘what kind of a child are you, you will not be able to achieve anything, you are inadequate, nothing will happen to you, the things you do do not attract my attention or I do not care, you cannot do a job’ have a negative effect on children. Children who are exposed to this condescending, critical, parental attitudes that do not see their positive aspects and are not given social reinforcement (approval, praise, being appreciated) may not be able to easily resolve this feeling of worthlessness when they become adolescents and adults in the future. In fact, what we call ‘self-prophecy’ in psychology, that is, acting according to other people’s negative attitudes and behaviors about us, means that we take people into our lives without realizing it, which will make us feel worthless.
Someone else cannot fully determine our value, and the person must first evaluate himself/herself as a valuable individual. How we see and know ourselves is how others will see us. Gaining this perspective and awareness may not be easy. If you also feel worthless and have difficulty coping, you should seek support from mental health professionals.
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