Self Consciousness?

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Sn1p3r187
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Are any of the Caps here self conscious about themselves? To a extent I'm a bit self conscious in my looks, hygiene, and grooming since it counts. Not really much in what people think of me unless I realize I had a bad attitude problem and the hate seem to be blasted at everyone passing through. Though if I had to be self conscious in what people thought of me it would be in room for improvement of myself. Simple as that, I don't take offense to honest criticism as it's pretty helpful for me. But I wanted to know if any of you were too self conscious or not enough self conscious about yourself? I have a good balance on both but most of people I noticed that ended up crashing and burning were those who just didn't care and they became self conscious way too late.
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I'm not self-conscious at all, and then in the 11th hour I'm like, "oh shit! I should have been self conscious about this because I acted a fool on these 17,000 occasions!" I try to be self conscious about things I want to change so I'll work harder on changing them, but I then I feel weighed down. I end up getting stuff done and changing them anyway.

I actually don't mind criticism, it opens my eyes to a lot, and also makes me realize how oblivious I am. That doesn't mean I'm not going to snap on the person that just criticized me, but when self-reflection time comes I take it into consideration.
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i've been going through this phase the last couple years of being self-conscious of what other people think of me and who i am. looks n the way i carry myself??_ ehhh, not that much really. bout average for a person i suppose. maybe a lil less cuz i pull it together well enough for my standards and after that??_ well, i'm not the one who has to look at me throughout the day. lol

definitely lacking in self-confidence though, but i know it has a lot to do with my recent two moves in the last three years. i guess it's one thing to do it when you are younger, but the older you get??_ moving can be socially tough. moving twice to completely different states within a 36 month period??_ has it's disadvantages.

moral of the story??_ accept yourself first. body n spirit. it's not a new idea for me. just one i seemed to have forgotten.