Self -Consciousness vs Self-Awareness
Self-consciousness vs self-awareness. The first is highly self-destructive and the latter can be very beneficial. You might be wondering what the difference is.
Let’s start with self-awareness. Self-awareness is the sense that we have about ourselves. It’s knowing who we are, what we have a knack for and what we have difficulty with. It’s knowing about our personalities, likes, dislikes, and what our triggers and pet peeves are. This knowing is just that…a knowing, an awareness.
Awareness is knowing without the emotional response. It’s the mental observer.
Self-consciousness on the other hand, comes from self-awareness going into overdrive. Remember that self-awareness is an observer without the emotion. When it tips over into self-consciousness or self-doubt, the emotions become involved. You become so aware of what you perceive to be a shortcoming that you develop feelings of shame, anxiety, inadequacy, fear, etc. When this happens, you have a very hard time separating the emotions from the observer. It becomes very difficult to neutrally observe.
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Self-consciousness is loaded with emotion.
To give you an example…as an artist, I know that I’m good at drawing animal portraits. I also know that I’m…
