Thank you for this insightful post! I also find it very intuitively plausible. Interestingly, we seem to get self-worth both from being helped and from helping others. For example, when someone takes care of us when we are sick, this confirms that we are a valuable member of the group. But we also feel valuable when we are needed. One of the must under-appreciated treatments for low self-worth is to engage in volunteering helping others, thereby shifting your focus to other people’s needs, and your ability to assist. This can also pose a challenge from an EA perspective, as our boost in self-worth is not always calibrated to actual impact, leading to identifiable victim bias etc. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this is also a good reminder to call your loved one’s and remind them that they mean a lot to you - it is a cheap signal, but still gives a lot of bang for the buck!