"We all have areas where we question our self worth and insecurity. We all have events in our life that hurt, make us angry, or stressed out. But the trick is to learn to focus on our response as opposed to the event."

Tim Clay

"There was always someone bigger and stronger than I was. I always wished I had the gifts and abilities of others."

Ian

"There are times when our insecurities can prevent us from taking on new challenges and limits our potential for personal growth"

Robert

"I always feel like they don’t really want to spend time with me, that they are just using me."

Lisa

"I don't even trust myself to make good decisions about people anymore."

Badini

"I just want to stop analyzing myself every time I pass a mirror and studying and comparing every woman I see to myself and be happy with me as I am."

Jennifer

"I wonder how people can be so secure in themselves and wish with all my heart that I could be the same."

Jenny

"No matter how much I tried to make myself and the world around me perfect, I felt that I fell short."

Debesh

"I'm always tryin to be someone im not for the sake of popularity."

Rick

"I live them breath them and can't let them go so that I can live a real life."

Utsey

"I'm even insecure about being optimistic."

Tuva

"I'm even insecure about being optimistic."

Tuva

"I'm even insecure about being optimistic."

Tuva

"My biggest insecurity would be the feeling of not being worth it to anyone. I'm far too easy to walk away from. Far too easy."

Anonymous

"Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the distrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box."

Jennifer

"Marriage brings up all the things I pushed to the back burner - the fears, the distrust, the doubts, the insecurities. It's like opening Pandora's box."

Jennifer

"Unfortunately, I am only myself. I am scared and alone and unsure, but I am practicing. I am scared and alone and unsure, but that doesn't mean I always will be."

Lisa

"The problem with human attraction is not knowing if it will be returned."

Becca

"I think my securities far outweigh my insecurities. I am not nearly as afraid of myself and my imagination as I used to be."

Billy

"Insecurities have the ability to shape and mold our minds to live with everything that’s bad; like crying on the inside, while smiling on the outside…thus creating pain…but, alas, I have the answer; forget about what you thought and enjoy (embrace) what y"

Jeremy

"If we all understood that everyone has their own battles to fight, insecurities to face, loves to contend and goals to attain, the world would be a gentler place."

Anonymous

"I love my friends. Flaws, imperfections, weaknesses, insecurities and all. Not going to bring them down for being imperfect."

Anonymous

"Everyone I have ever known — I take that back — every likable person I have ever known in this world has admitted to periods of sheer insecurity"

Brian Butterworth PhD

"Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels"

Stephen Fry

"Insecurities can ultimately lead to broken relationships, anger management issues, drug and alcohol use and abuse, isolation and mental health issues"

Dr Frobischer

"To build self confidence and overcome low self esteem is to change how we feel emotionally about ourselves"

Marianne Walsh PhD

"Is there a familiar aroma emanating from your kid's room? Do you shake your head and ignore it thinking, "Hey, I got high when I was a teen and I turned out OK, right?" Well, think again"

Doreen Smith

"Emotions aren’t good or bad per se—it’s the act that you wind up taking that’s either toxic or positive."

Ken

"Most insecurity people aren’t even aware of what they are. The habits are automatic and subconscious."

Tara

"Over the years, I realized there are some habits almost all shy and antisocial people have in common that make other people think sometimes that they’re loners."

Mia

"When I was a child, I was always the quietest one, barely able to control my actions and reactions. Seeing the family videos I was embarrassed to see how much different and insecure I actually was compared to the others."

Max

"I'm quiet, which sometimes gets mistaken for shyness. I'm not nervous with people, I just don't say a lot. I have several friends, mostly male who constantly need to be the centre of attention to feed their ego by their own admission, so yes, there is a d"

Sara

"Get rid of insecurities. Believe in yourself. Know what you want and go out and get it by their own."

Neil

"Chances are that when someone is hating on you, its not about you at all. Its about them. It's their fear, their jealousy, their boredom, and their insecurity."

Mara

"I worry that if I can't be happy with myself, then nobody will ever be happy with me, and that just makes me even more paranoid. The insecurity, low confidence, and diffidence, it's all a cycle and it's destroying me."

Jack

"I'm reserved but not nervous/anxious in social settings. I tend to be good at in depth conversations but rubbish at small talk with people I don't know well! I'd also say I'm quite confident in my looks and abilities."

Leo