Nived inspired me to write this up after a sweet conversation about the differences between self consciousness and insecurity.
First the definitions: self conscious and insecurity.
The answer is pretty obvious. But I’d like to clarify one thing, our discussion of self conscious referred to awareness of others observing one, not awareness of self. I see myself, and my life, as something else. . . . .Off Every Day
As for lack of confidence, is that a part of being aware of others observing one? No. More than ever, despite my own insecurities (pun intended) about the topic, I know that, no, being self conscious does not in and of itself indicate a lack of confidence.
What it could indicate, is vanity, not necessarily but there is a chance. Of course, being self referral, did I say that? nope, yeah, so being self referral I wouldn’t agree that self conscious people are also automatically to be assumed to be insecure, this can occur simultaneously, in fact I would say that insecure people are self conscious, but not a given the other way around.
Where does this all lead?
Nowhere
I wouldn’t dispute the point that self-conscious people are not necessarily insecure. I do think that there are a very narrow set of reasons for why one could be hypersensitive, self-conscious and all that without it being somewhat related to insecurity.
If that self-consciousness is manifested in the perceived observance of heightened scrutiny from the people around us, especially if its under the assumption that this scrutiny is negative, that does seem like it would be problematic.
What am I saying? I don’t know. Don’t know, don’t know.
Um. Yeah.
i heard a story. it’s not about me.
My favorite subject, I can’t get over.