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What Is Self Confidence Is Belief Within Oneself And Within One 's Powers And Abilities

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What is self-confidence, “self-confidence is belief in oneself and in one 's powers and abilities.” (Merriam-Webster) Most people will tell you that no one can change the way they view themselves, and that their self-confidence is high. Most of those people have not experienced someone close to them or significant speaking or treating them negatively and making them feel less than or unsure of themselves. Usually the person that can make you feel the most self-conscious are those that are close to you, but others are more than capable to doing so as well. Those people will say and do little subtle things that will make you second guess your abilities or how you look or carry yourself. Sometimes it is just one comment or a series of comments that lead up to the feelings up uncertainty and extreme self-consciousness of the things that would once go unnoticed. The comments start off small, and you try to ignore them, or people may act a certain way towards you to make you feel uncomfortable. The worst experience I have ever had is when I was met with the negative opinions of someone I was madly in love with. Just because they say that they love you does not mean that they will not say or do things that will hurt you or make you feel self-conscious. At times this can be due to jealousy or wanting to keep you feeling bad to make themselves feel better about themselves.
At the age of eighteen I was just beginning my life, at the time I decided to put off college and go straight

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