Autoestima y persona adulta mayor

Abstract

Como necesidad humana básica, el sentido de identidad, es decir, poder responder a la pregunta: ¿quién soy yo?, debe fundamentarse en una sana percepción de sí mismo. Sin embargo, como seres sociales estamos infl uidos por una serie de mitos y estereotipos que pueden “enturbiarla”. Ante esta pregunta, muchas personas podrían responder basadas en sus atributos físicos, en su educación, en su carrera profesional, en sus logros, en su origen étnico, en sus convicciones sociopolíticas, pero estos factores son meras capas externas, simples adornos y “cosméticos” con los que “se engalana” el exterior (Mc Dowell, 2000), pero nuestra identidad es algo más que esto. Creer que “la apariencia lo es todo”, que “eres lo que haces” o considerar que “si no tienes poder, no eres nadie” son los peores engaños que podrían socavar tu sana autoestima.

As a basic human need, a sense of identity, i.e. to be able to answer the question: "Who am I? the question: who am I, must be based on a healthy self-perception. However, as social beings we are influenced by a number of myths and stereotypes that can "cloud" it. Faced with this question, many people may respond based on their physical attributes, education, career, achievements, ethnicity, ethnicity, gender, age and gender identity. their ethnicity, their socio-political convictions, but these factors are mere outer layers, mere embellishments, mere embellishments, mere embellishments. mere outer layers, mere embellishments and "cosmetics" that "dress up" the exterior (Mc Dowell, 2000). (Mc Dowell, 2000), but our identity is more than this. Believing that that "looks are everything", that "you are what you do" or consider that "if you don't have power, you're nobody" are the worst of the worst, are the worst delusions that could undermine your healthy self-esteem.