Why Responsibility for Your Self-Esteem is Entirely up to You

No one can shame you without your permission

Denise Shelton
Rogues’ Gallery
Published in
4 min readOct 31, 2021

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Photo by shahin khalaji on Unsplash

“I’m rubber, you’re glue, jeers bounce off me and stick to you.” —children’s rhyme

There may be people in the world who grow up without ever being the victim of insults based on their appearance, beliefs, or identity, but I can’t imagine there are many of them…

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