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...Patient: Robbie Williams. Diagnosis: Low Self-Esteem. Poor Robbie. Multiplatinum albums, Awards for Sexiest Man Alive from the British Press and Best Butt on Earth from Celebrity Bodies Magazine (there’s a Celebrity Bodies magazine? Yeesh!), and throngs of screaming female fans can’t allay his low self-worth. Recently Williams disclosed that he stumbles into alcoholism every so often to “sabotage” his own success. Williams, who’s known for his cheeky displays of ego (and I mean “cheeky” literally?...
...this patient, the problem wasn't mere low self-esteem but outright terror. To a social phobic, the mere prospect of a social encounter is frightening enough to cause sweating, trembling, light-headedness and nausea, accompanied by an overwhelming feeling of inadequacy. For some sufferers, the disorder is comparatively circumscribed--occurring only at large parties, say--making avoidance strategies seem easy. But social phobias can encroach into more and more areas of life, closing more and more doors. As sufferers grow increasingly isolated, they grow increasingly hopeless and risk developing such conditions as depression and alcoholism...
Additionally, attacks that label Fong a hypocrite are shots below the belt that leave the content of his speech unscathed. If we require that we dismiss as incredible everything ascribed to those who do not practice what they preach, we must do away with all esteem for the vast majority of humanity...
David, with the help of his parents and a sympathetic principal at the private school to which he transferred, survived--and slowly rebuilt his self-esteem...
...word to my critics. One big risk of a one-man enterprise like mine is becoming self-righteous. I want to thank you for helping me to address that problem. My wife doesn't want me to suffer from too much self-esteem...