Dear Self-Esteem: stop. Please, just stop.

I am good enough to pass that test coming up. I am good enough to pass my class. I will get good grades. No matter what you tell me, I know my value and I know my worth. So when you tell me that people don’t like me or that I don’t like me, I will be strong and I will say that you, Self-Esteem, are wrong. When my friends don’t answer, no longer will I think it’s because they are mad at me. When my significant other sends a text that could be misunderstood, I will no longer think that I am the problem. I am not the problem, and I never have been. It is you, my very own self esteem, that makes me the way I am. Dear Self-Esteem: stop causing my anxiety. Everything will be OK and I will be perfectly fine. Please stop jumping to conclusions just because of things people say, and when I find out that something is not a problem, please for the love of all that is right in the world, stop looking for a new problem. Not everything is my fault; sometimes bad things just happen, and sometimes the people around me are upset for reasons that have nothing to do with me. Dear Self-Esteem: the world’s problems are not all my fault, and the world doesn’t revolve around me. It is OK for things to go wrong; it’s all a part of life. Just take a moment and relax; it will all be OK. You are driving me insane, so if you could take a long vacation, that would be great! Dear Self-Esteem: all I really want is to be able to live my life for myself and those I choose to love without you thinking I’m making the worst mistake ever every five seconds. You are the reason that I can’t get anything done. You make me second guess every little action instead of allowing me to simply live and enjoy each moment. So I am taking a stand against you. No longer will you be in my way. I am going to live my life free of judgement from you and, in turn, from myself.