Too Often Thinking About Other People's Opinions, This Is The Right Action To Overcome Self-Consciousness

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JAKARTA - Do you often think about what other people think of yourself? Do you also often worry about offending or disturbing others with your attitude or actions? If these things happen frequently to cause discomfort to yourself, you may be experiencing self-consciousness.

Citing Dictio, Wednesday, May 11, self-consciousness is a tendency where people who experience it are always filled with thoughts about themselves, about the activities they are doing, about their physical appearance, about the way they talk, about how they do their activities, and about how other people feel and judge them.

When you feel self-consciousness, there are several emotions that come along, such as feelings of shame, guilt, pride, humiliation, envy, and empathy. Tracy and Robins, authors of the book “Putting the Self Into Self-Conscious Emotions: A Theoretical Model”, explain that humans tend to experience the emotion of consciousness when they feel they have fulfilled or failed to fulfill some self-made expectations or goals.

Self-awareness generally develops when we are young. While it can be easier in adulthood, it's not always. If we worry about how other people think of us when we are young, we can sometimes carry this habit with us. That's why learning how to change this thought process can be beneficial. So, here are some tips for overcoming feelings of inferiority.

Self-consciousness generally occurs at a young age, but it is possible to feel it in adulthood. That's why it's so important to learn how to change the thought process. Cited from Psychology Today, Wednesday, May 11, the following are tips for overcoming self-consciousness.

Build confidence

When you face self-consciousness, you are constantly questioning your own abilities, thoughts, emotions, and actions. For that, you need to learn to trust yourself because only you know who you really are. Also, it's up to you to decide how you want to live your life. For that, you need self-confidence or self-confidence.

Practice mindfulness

In some ways, mindfulness may be just the opposite of consciousness. This involves staying present in the moment (vs being stuck in your head) and accepting situations and emotions for what they are (vs worrying about them or trying to control them).