By Harry Jackson Jr.
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
12/10/2008
Nathalie Pelletier’s case of vitiligo, a skin condition that discolors the skin, was mild. Still, she started blogging about it. (http://vitiligocover.com)
That’s when she found other people that had cases much more severe.
“I started getting emails from people whose lives were (destroyed) by the condition,” she said, “people contemplating ending their lives.”

Morris Rosenberg states that self esteem is formulated in 3 ways (1) reflected appraisals, (2) social comparison, (3) self attribution.
Reflected appraisal comes from Mead and Cooleys’ idea that if other respect us and look up to us in some way, we are likely to have a higher self esteem than if they are degrading us.
Social comparison is the process by which we compare ourselves to others in either a positive, neutral or negative way. Poor children (as a generalization) will often do less well at school than their wealthier classmates …

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