Self help books for Low self esteem

[Katlow]

I've got extremely low self esteem. It's affecting my marriage. I'm always paranoid, always self depreciating, always looking for something to go wrong.
I want to just be able to enjoy my life and my lovely husband without constantly thinking that he's going to leave me for someone better.

I have some "daddy issues" if that's what people call it. I won't go massively into it.
When I was younger I was very sexually promiscuous, always felt like that's all I was good for. I guess I still do. Before we got married, me and my husband broke up for around 3 weeks and I slept with 2 people during that time. It's pretty disgusting but I feel like I have to have a man to feel any form of self worth.

I categorically cannot afford CBT, so I was looking into maybe getting myself a self help book for low self esteem, does anyone know any ones actually worth buying?
Or maybe any other avenues I could look down.

The one that everyone reads at some point is Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway. It's a classic.

There is also an Overcoming Range - these is the more traditional text book CBT approach. Overcoming Anxiety, Stress, Depression etc. I'm sure there is a Self Esteem one.

Hi OP,

I've not read any self help books on self esteem (although god knows I suffer with it!), but what I notice from your message is:

I categorically cannot afford CBT

I recently worked for a charity that offered CBT (and other types of counselling) for people on low incomes. Everyone had to pay something, but many paid £5. The waiting list was often a year long, but could that be worth considering?