Every time you judge or blame someone or a situation, that energy runs through you and weighs you down. You will find that as you drop your weight belt of judgment, you will begin to like yourself a little more. Low self-esteem and a lack of self-love are primarily caused by holding on to judgment. You may have begun your low self-esteem journey due to trauma and abuse in your childhood; however, constant judgment in adulthood has added to this wound.