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Question

If a person gets easily embarrassed a lot, does that mean they are prideful? My husband thinks embarrassment is linked to pride because the person who is embarrassed is focusing on what people think of them.

Edit: Yeah everyone thinks I'm a guy. ;D

Answer 1

I don't think so, my wife gets embarrassed for other people. Hard to embarrass her though....go figure.

Answer 2

I t could also be related to a feeling of inadequacy or insecurity. If someone does not feel adequate they might feel embarrassed. If you do not know how to do something it could be embarrassing or if you are in a strange situation that you do not know how to deal with it could be a similar feeling of embarrassment. Sometimes you could just do something really dumb and feel embarrassed about it and most everyone has had that feeling.

There probably are a few people that are so conscious of what people think of them that they focus on it too much and could be related to pride, or perhaps an obsessive personality.

Interesting question but no two people are the same.

Answer 3

Frankly, the most times I feel "flushed" is when I become angry at the jackazzes with whom I "work." I use the term "work" in quotations, because that is usually the only thing they do NOT do! So, for myself, "blushing" is connected to anger.

I don't get embarassed easily or a lot. But when it does happen, it is usually because I think I've just said or done something I oughtn't have. That's not pride. Stupidity maybe, but not pride. It's not due to what others think of me, it's what I've said/done wrong.

Here is a quotation re: embarassment from Miss Manners:

"While guilt is an emotion, Miss Manners does without, having taken the simple precaution of always doing evrything right the first time, embarassment interests her. Miss Manners cannot be expected to experience embarassment firsthand, but it is something for which she has a moderate amount of sympathy. The proper use of embarassment is as a conscience of manners. As your conscience might trouble you if you do anything immoral, your sense of embarassment should be activated if you do anything unmannerly. As conscience should come from within, so should embarassment. Hot tingles and flushes are quite proper when they arise from your own sinse of having violated your own standards, inadvertently or advertently, but Miss Manners hereby absolves everyone from feeling any embarassment deliberately imposed by others."

I just LOVE Miss Manners!!!


Have a blessed day.

Answer 4

Easily embarrassed would be a matter of being self conscious, not necessarily prideful. Pride would be if he thought he was the best no matter what people did or said to him. He may think of himself, but I would think that pride would be a little more...involved...than just a little embarrassment.

Answer 5

I think it depends on what causes the embarrassment. If you are embarrassed to be around people, for fear of what they will think about you, or if you are embarrassed to speak to a crowd or eat in front of a crowd, then that is shyness or low-self-esteem. If you are embarrassed by your friends are family because of how they are dressed, or, because they don’t have as much money as some of your other friends, and you get embarrassed to be around them for that reason then yes that is pride.

Answer 6

haha i did think you were a guy at first...but to tell you the truth I'm kind of glad you aren't...nothing against guys or anything...

Anyways...I could see how it could somewhat be linked to pride, however embarrassment seems to be a natural reaction to something happening that would, well, embarrass you. It is sort of like throwing your hands up to your face if you are about to be hit. That is kind of what it seems like to me, but i could definitely see how it could be pride if it were something trivial that only happened because of what others may think of you, like falling down the stairs or your pants falling down (both of which have happened to me but i learned to not care because it won't help). I have noticed that the less I care what people think, the less easily I am embarrassed. I think that kind of shows my point of view. :)

Answer 7

WRONG!! Tell your husband from this Old Man of God: feeling shameful about statements etc. is ONLY lack of self confidence. If you are studied and know what you are saying there is NO reason to be embarrassed. If you are not studied -- then your OPINION is nothing to be ashamed of; even if it is wrong! It is your current opinion. More study may change your opinion; or it may stay the same.
NEVER be embarrassed for your opinion, my friend! Even if you are wrong it is up to the more knowledgable to point out why you are wrong -- NOT put you on a guilt trip!

Answer 8

Not necessarily. I would say some people may be fearful of what others think (doesn't mean they are prideful), or very sensitive to criticism. Perhaps they came from a home where they were constantly ridiculed. That could also be the reason.

Answer 9

It is hard for anyone to accept self criticism, especially if it is OPENED to the world. A simple mistake that can easily be corrected, can be over analyzed or scrutinized seemingly by an entire group than by one person. So PRIDE can set in and make one not acknowledge any faults on their behalf do to a situation of embarrassment...

Answer 10

You or I can be embarrassed over lots of different things. Has nothing to do with pride but sometimes humor and other feelings. Like if you hear someone pass gas we often get embarrassed and if we get caught doing it we surely get embarrassed.

Answer 11

I don't know if it's necessarily tied to pride. It's more connected with the notion of shame. It's the shameless people who hardly ever get embarrassed, and they're not necessarily prideful.

For some reason I always thought you were a man, sorry for the assumption.