Quotes About Self-consciousness

Dad has what I think of as only child darkside syndrome; he does everything as if he is being watched.

Levin suddenly blushed, not as grown men blush, slightly, without being themselves aware of it, but as boys blush, feeling that they are ridiculous through their shyness,

Elena era tan bella que no sólo no había en ella sombra alguna de coquetería sino que, al contrario, parecía avergonzarse de su propia belleza, que sobresalía demasiado exultante y victoriosa; diríase que deseaba reducir sus efectos, aunque sin conseguirlo.

I was shy by nature, and rendered worse in that respect by a consciousness of my own ugliness. I am certain that nothing so much influences the development of a man as his exterior—though the exterior itself less than his belief in its plainness or beauty.

For all that it was a party at Maude Chatwin's house, it was also just a party like any other party. There were pretty people and unpretty people, drunk people and undrunk people, people who didn't care what anybody thought about them and people standing in corners afraid to open their mouths lest somebody look directly at them.

He felt like in gym class trying to look like part of the team while at the same desperately hoping nobody would pass him the ball.

Eigenlijk is het niet zo erg, maar wel dermate stompzinnig, dat je je er voor geneert," dacht Lewin en troostte zich met de overweging dat het nu eenmaal zo hoorde - iedereen deed het.

I'm too short-sighted, too squeamish for contact lenses and too vain for glasses.

I'm not vain, I'm insecure.

I have my insecurities, and some days you don't want to be photographed. You notice all of your flaws even if others don't notice them. Photo shoots also feel very vain because it's all about you and your looks and your face. I feel I work better on camera.

I'm a compulsive note-taker, and I used to feel self-conscious about pulling out my little notebook and taking notes during a casual conversation. Then I noticed that people really seemed to enjoy it; the fact that I was taking notes made their remarks seem particularly insightful or valuable. Now I don't hold myself back.

From that day on, pay of me yearned to be invisible. In a way, nothing would have been nicer than for no one to see me. Although I could not have defined it at the Tom me, I felt if attention were drawn to me, people would see what this girl had first responded to. They wouldn't see me, the would see the slanted - eye face, the Oriental.

J'existe, c'est tout.

I'm very picky, and I'm never 100% happy with the work I do; I hate watching myself and hearing my voice.

The red carpet is not something I really know how to work. It intimidates me. I feel very tiny.

Oh, for Christ's sake,' I hear. 'Can we please just try to have a good time?' This is like ordering someone to find you attractive, and it doesn't work. I've tried it.

I always look old when I work because I get so upset and tense that my face wrinkles up like a prune, I can't stop it.

I blush to think of her beholding my work," Verl confessed. So do we," Newel assured him.

I can't walk down the street with my head up. I'm not a hat wearer, but now I'm a hat wearer.

It really stresses me out to think about what other people think about me.

I am very shy. It's the most stressful thing to be in the public eye.

I always have a very strong sense of shaming oneself, and you can do that a lot in the public eye, so it's best avoided at all costs I think.

I was ashamed for people to see me struggle.

I am innately very shy, and I have struggled with that challenge for years.