insecurity and all that jazz (1 Viewer)

[yeji]

today I like to talk about insecurities.
I am personally someone who used to have a lot of those and it really wasn’t serving me any good and caused me troubles.
I really want to get better so I am trying to practice more mindfulness and grounding myself for my own good.

what are your thoughts about this topic ?​

 

[kodoku]

good for you for working on yourself <3

I have many insecurities that torture me and make me live in fear of others discovering them or pointing them out.... some of them I can't even speak of.. but I hope that someday I will be able to be comfortable with myself somehow and have enough confidence not to let others abuse me..

 

[bulletproof]

I have many insecurities too and times when I am strong enough to work on them or times when I'm overwhelmed and just take a step back. I don't practice mindfulness even if I heard that it is helpful, but I try to write in a reflective journal when I feel the need to 'talk to myself'. I discovered this technique through a course I had. Basically I try to discover what are my weaknesses, why they are considered weaknesses and why do I have them. So basically I try to go to the cause to find a solution to improve.

 

[Ringwanderung]

this is a self-reflective thread i think people handle their insecurities differently, whether it be trying to hide them, trying to get rid of them, accepting them etc.

Spoiler: long

insecurity is always born from your social environment, thinking you’re less than somebody/everybody else or undesirable, for whatever reason: looks, ability, personality- “how you are perceived by people”

a thing i personally recommend doing is improving your “perception of yourself”, basically your self-image; it‘s training yourself to see yourself in a positive but objective light

you can do this in many ways, but think of what’s making you insecure and try to see it objectively- how the world would see it (*realistically with common sense* that’s hard sometimes), and perhaps think of ways to improve; “i’m not ugly as i think i am, but i want to try clothes and makeup so i’ll look better”, “i’m shy but people can take it or leave it- or i’ll try to be more friendly”, etc.

if you don’t think you can improve on a weakness, just accept it as it is- honestly, it’s probably not that bad as you think! ...and if you don’t want to and feel the need to get rid of it, work hard to make up for it i try, even though it doesn’t work all the time and i fail a lot of times, that mindset has personally helped me!

you can always make an effort, putting effort into something and then achieving it; does wonders for your confidence!

find your strengths, find something you can love about yourself that is accepted by people and society good luck, we’re all in the same boat, trying to find our place in the world

 

[yeji]

good for you for working on yourself <3

I have many insecurities that torture me and make me live in fear of others discovering them or pointing them out.... some of them I can't even speak of.. but I hope that someday I will be able to be comfortable with myself somehow and have enough confidence not to let others abuse me..

I really get you. I hope someday you will find the strength. you are an amazing and incredible human and deserve only the best in life.