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Self Worth - ADD Forms During Childhood
Academic achievement is meaningful to getting what we want in life. Unfortunately not being successful during our early years, like getting poor grades, is often something we hold against ourselves. When our self-esteem or self-worth takes a beating, the damage can remain with us for the rest of our lives.Low self-worth can lead to future problems in interpersonal relationships at home, or at work. We then tend to take the inevitable failures we will all face in life too personally. This can result in our falling deeper into a personal pattern of pain and humiliation.
At Drake, we see this pattern expressing itself with our adult patients and we work with them to counteract it. We often see drug problems, relationship difficulties, and work failure. In essence, their lives are very difficult to repair.
We want you to know that rescue during childhood is the best time to change this bumpy road and enter into a new world of positive regard. Many times, we at Drake glow with the stories of how our patients have turned their lives around. They now have an entirely new life ahead of them. You will find evidence of the achievements and rewards our patients are now getting from their new lives.
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