Unchecked insecurity tends to evolve into a perverse form of narcissism, where one is consumed with anxiety about what people are thinking about them, or saying about them, or even what they are not saying about them. Over time, they become convinced that everyone is looking at them, having feelings about them, and ultimately judging them. It is the definition of “self” absorption.
Posts Tagged ‘insecurity’
Thought for the Day – Insecure
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged anxiety, insecure, insecurity, narcissism, self, self-absorption on May 5, 2022| 1 Comment »
Thought for the Day – Insecure
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged exaggerate, insecure, insecurity, manipulate, rejection on January 23, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Insecurity
It drives us to exaggerate our claims, while hiding our failures
It highlights the painful moments, while syphoning off the blessings
It causes us to interpret even the simplest of questions as an attack
It conjures images of inevitable rejection
Insecurity
It compels us to manipulate in the fear our needs will go unmet
It keeps us wrestling for a seat that already had our name on it
It pushes us to be someone we’re not in the belief that no one could love us as we truly are
It makes us feel as though people are judging us when we’re actually judging ourselves
Insecurity
It encourages us to wonder who the author was thinking of when he wrote this
Behind the Mirror
Posted in Free Verse / Poetry, tagged criticism, exaggerate, identity, insecurity, manipulate, taunt on March 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »
It is a blindness to the beauty, with a clarity on the flaws
It is the impulse to manipulate for what’s already been freely given
*
It is the urge to compete with those who are dearest to us
It is the voice that taunts us from behind the mirror
*
It is the compulsion to tear people down to what we unconsciously perceive to be our level
It is the willingness to trade our values for the approval of others
*
It is the frequency that muffles every compliment, while amplifying the slightest criticism
It is the apprehension to speak for fear of sounding stupid
*
It is the drive to control what was never ours to govern
It is the tendency to exaggerate our accomplishments, while denying our weaknesses
*
It is the fear that if they really knew us, they wouldn’t love us
It is the unspoken sense that it would be better if we were someone else
*
It is ultimately an identity thief
and
Its name is insecurity
Bjcorbin's Blog 
Thought for the Day – Insecurity
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged coerce, insecurity, manipulation, self-doubt on July 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Insecurity will often cause a person to try to gain by manipulation what others would willingly give to them (e.g. attention, affection, respect). Self-doubt convinces them that illegitimate means are the only way to obtain what is legitimately available to them. Ultimately, these attempts to coerce are often what drive people away, which only serves to reinforce their feelings of insecurity.
Rate this:
Read Full Post »