Insecurities
By Shanvi Agarwal - AIII Tuesday, May 10, 2022
“Human beings are imperfect and cannot be made to look like a doll.”-Emma Watson.
We all are insecure at some point in life and no one has been able to escape it. It could be your acne, height, or imperfect physique. But even though we are in the same boat, we constantly attempt to bring each other down. The time when it hits you hard is when someone else, who is a significant part of your life points out your flaws. This may perhaps also be the reason for many sleepless nights.
Insecurities develop with self-doubt and our critical inner voice of ours. It’s something that develops a destructive imbue and cannot be cut off from our list of problems by a friend or a therapist. I started to feel insecure around my teens. During my early stages of life, receiving hurtful comments was not wounding but with maturity it got excruciating. I constantly tried to ignore it, listening to music, get reassurance on how the judgment of people around me should not affect me but insecurities had scarred me for life!
According to me, the root of my trouble was that one question that struck my mind the majority of the time was, “How will people react?” I realized the main reason for my instability was my overthinking about others' opinions of me. I developed low self-esteem making it difficult to interact as I looked for time alone. This caused me to become an introvert. I was scared to talk because of the fear of people’s opinions. I used to just camouflage my feelings successfully even though it was eating me inside.
Now I have realize that people will give millions of reasons which will make you feel uncomfortable but you have to accept yourself at last. Just being with a company who made me feel loved and respected made me happy. I ignored the fear of what people say am still trying and started to be myself. I overcame my fear and I hope each one of you reading this can do the same.
