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Old 12-20-2005, 06:41 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Scythan
Self esteem issues, unless extreme, can be of benefit. Just as stress can drive someone to study harder for an upcoming test, self esteem causes people to strive to improve their appearance. If we all didn't care about how we looked, the more attractive ones would still get noticed more often than others.
Actually, by improving one's appearance may be a benefit to one's self esteem, but it doesn't cure the problem.
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