Corey_4.2_DQ14
One example that happened to me today was in the middle of a performance for a small group of people. I was playing my guitar and singing when I made a mistake.... I played a D instead of an A in one of my songs. Now most probably didn't notice considering that everyone was talking and I was barely audible; however, I was so embarrassed that the generalized other would judge me. Why? I suppose it's this built in fear that if I don't appear perfect, then I mustn't be any good at all. I think this answers for most of why I get embarrassed when I mess up anything. We should be able to mess and and fail all day without any fear of judgement if we aren't worried about the generalized other.
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posted by Anonymous @ 9:42 PM
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"I suppose it's this built in fear that if I don't appear perfect, then I mustn't be any good at all." I think a lot of people struggle with this. It's ironic because we don't necessarily expect perfection from others because we know that no one is perfect, and humans just make mistakes all the time, yet somehow, we're much harder on ourselves; we hold ourselves to MUCH higher standards, standards that may be too high to reach at times. I guess it will take constant effort to always remind ourselves that we're human too; it's okay to mess up sometimes.
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