Hi All :) .. Do you think insecure people are more easily offended than those with self-confidence?;D?

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If not, what do you think causes someone to be thin-skinned/touchy???

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Answer 1

.. "Do you work harder to achieve praise or to avoid criticism? "
This question i am quoting and the one i am answering have the same dominator.Well balance.
Insecure people will definately be upset by criticism as criticism will greatly aggravate their feeling of worthlessness.As for self confident people we must be careful that people who give the impression of being self confident ARE REALLY self confident or TRY TO LOOK self confident.
If that is the case , then their reactions to criticism will be the same than the inscure people may be one difference though , that they will be a bother to people around them.(noisy.)
As for the TRUE self confident , if he is wise , he will accept criticism in all serenity if the criticism is founded and certainly will not get offended.

Answer 2

First Lady gave the most obvious, & concise answer. I'd venture to say that ONLY insecure people are thin skinned. I assumed your question to mean self confident, no exceptions, so I can't answer the second part. Thus, regarding minimick, a truly self confident person wouldn't be "selectively" self confident. & for once, I can't really agree with Jimmy--close minded & holier-than-thou are never offended, because of course, they KNOW they are RIGHT!
I'm a little curious about Secure; how can one be "full of self confidence," yet because they pushed through life the hard way are easily offended? I'd think that would be the basis for even greater self confidence. Sorry. Here I've rambled on & not answered the question, except to say that First Lady already did! & yes, Gilbert gave an excellent answer. I just thought a few of the premises needed a think.

Answer 3

Hi ;) I don't think this could be categorized like that. I would rather say that insecure people are more inclined to keep their real feelings to them self and suffer more than self-confidence are. Self-confidence people have different kind of reaction to offenses, they can stand up for them self, but that doesn't mean that they are not easily offended. However, I do think that self-confidence people will get over it easily, while insecure people will always go back and be disappointed and resentful.

Answer 4

Some of them yes, but not all of them. I'm not particularly self-confident in a lot of situations, but it's very very hard to offend me. (Stupidity is probably the thing that's most likely to do so, such as some idiot getting all sexist and stuff.) I think this is because I joke about just about everything, especially the stuff that most ppl are serious about, like their religion or whatever.

I think having a rigid point of view and thinking your way is the One Right Way is more likely to make someone offended than whether they have good or bad self esteem.

Answer 5

No i dont think that insecure people are more easily offended. im full of self confidence had 2 push thru life the hard way . and in a result i get offended really easy very quickly many times, but im kindof different i would say but i care about alot around me so that doesnt make me a wicked witch

Answer 6

I'm not sure about offended; if anything those people make them feel more insecure unless they're treated friendly.
I've seen people that project an image of security but can be offended easily too.
For people to be thin-skinned I guess the main reason is a closed mind and a holier-than-thou attitude.

Answer 7

Insecure people are offended more easily. Usually they have low self esteem; therefore they see most constructive comments as being against them therefore they become offended. People that are confident usually do not pay attention to comments that they do not believe to be true. simply put confident people do not need others to validate them. Insecure people do.

Answer 8

yes they are, insecure people are constantly wondering what other people are thinking of them or how they deal and react to situations, or being alone, or being rejected. They get offended easily because they are not secure in themselves and what they believe so when someone questions them or make general statements the insecure people take it personally as an attack

Answer 9

Yes. Insecure people tend to have lower self esteem therefore that would make them more thin skinned. If you feel really good about yourself, what other people say, do or think isn't going to get to you as much.

Answer 10

Depending on their life experiences, some self-confident people may be touchy about specific things.

Over all, they may know they are capable, intelligent, attractive, competent, but if they were ever fired from a job unfairly, then they may be touchy about that.

Or if they were unable to have children but adopted, they may be touchy about that.

So, really, it depends on what has happened in their lives that might affect how offended they might get.