Chapter 15 Why Am I So Shy? “EVERYONE tells me how great-looking I am,” wrote a young woman to a newspaper column. Yet she went on to state: “I have a problem talking to people. If I look someone in the eyes while speaking, my face turns red and I get all choked up inside [...]

Chapter 14 How Can I Make My Loneliness Go Away? It is Saturday night. The boy sits alone in his room. “I hate weekends!” he shouts. But there is no one in the room to answer. He picks up a magazine and sees a picture of a group of young people at the beach. He [...]

Chapter 13 Why Do I Get So Depressed? Melanie had always lived up to her mother’s ideal of the perfect child—until she turned 17. Then she withdrew from school activities, stopped accepting invitations to parties, and didn’t even seem to care when her grades dropped from A’s to C’s. When her parents gently inquired what [...]

Chapter 12 Why Don’t I Like Myself? “I DON’T feel very special at all,” lamented Louise. Do you, too, occasionally feel bad about yourself? Really, everyone needs a certain amount of self-esteem. It has been called “the ingredient that gives dignity to human existence.” Further, the Bible says: “You must love your neighbor as yourself.” [...]