Your self-image is the idea you have of yourself — your looks, your abilities, your character. It lives in your head, and it may be kinder or harsher than what other people see.

Your self-image is the idea you have of yourself就是你對自己的看法——your looks, your abilities, your character你的外表、你的能力、你的個性。It lives in your head它存在你的腦子裡，and it may be kinder or harsher than what other people see可能比別人看到的更寬容，也可能更嚴苛。

Counsellors and psychology textbooks use this word a lot: a positive self-image, a poor self-image.

Counsellors and psychology textbooks use this word a lot輔導老師和心理學課本很常用這個詞：a positive self-imagepositive self-image（正向的自我形象）、a poor self-imagepoor self-image（不好的自我形象）。

Though actually, image here is not a photo. It is not a selfie, and it is not the picture on your student ID.

Though actually不過其實，image here is not a photo這裡的image不是照片。It is not a selfie它不是自拍照，and it is not the picture on your student ID也不是學生證上的那張照片。

Image means "the picture in the mind." People also slide it into self-esteem. They sit close: self-image is the picture you hold; self-esteem is more how much worth you give yourself. Useful neighbours, not the same word.

Image means "the picture in the mind."image的意思是「腦中的畫面」。People also slide it into self-esteem人們也常把它和self-esteem混在一起講。They sit close這兩個很接近：self-image is the picture you holdself-image是你心裡抱著的那個畫面；self-esteem is more how much worth you give yourselfself-esteem比較是你給自己多少價值。Useful neighbours, not the same word是有用的近義詞，但不是同一個字。