If you want to gain self-respect then you are going to have to look at more than just one perspective. That's the beauty of our world is that you are able to look at things in more than one way.
There may be a variety of bad times in your life but those adversities challenge us to see the bigger picture that we play a part in. You must remain open to any and every kind of possibility that can happen to you.
Keeping yourself closed off to the world is doing more harm than good.
5. Making Everyone Happy
Unfortunately, you cannot be a "people pleaser" your entire life. Sure, you may want to try and make every single thing perfect for everyone to enjoy but that's an extremely high expectation that hardly anyone is able to fulfill on their own.
Instead of trying to make everyone else happy, focus on your own happiness. People who see you doing the things that you love will eventually flock to you like moths to a light.
Your happiness outshines everyone else's once you've figured out how to master that kind of happiness.
Hopefully this has helped you figure out what it means to have self-respect for yourself. Take the necessary steps to create the change that you wish to see within yourself as well as the world.
You must be willing to fight for the things you want in life that will make you the happiest.