Why Must We Believe?

What is belief?
According to Wikipedia, belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.

Have you ever wondered - why must we believe?

Research has it that we must believe in order to survive. Theist believe the existance of God, while atheist, even though they say God does not exist, they believe in there is no God, which means they believe in something.

What we believe in shapes us, it made our subconcious mind filters what may seem important to us - err, that's deep into psychology so I'm gonna skip that to avoid confusion.

Do you believe in yourself? 
Do you think you have a high self-esteem or is it the other way around?

Overall self-esteem and self-worth are tied to two major threads

1 YOUR perceived status level.
2 YOUR perceived physical attractiveness.

In other words, your self-esteem depends on what you perceive of yourself - what you believe in yourself.

The higher your self-esteem is, the more likely you are going to succeed in various aspects of your life.

So, think again.
You would better not punish or torment yourself too hard.
You might end up deteriorating yourself unconciously.