SELF-CONCEPT

SELF-CONCEPT

                Reasons why people refuse to let other people know what we are really like:

1. We want to feel all –powerful.

3. We want to feel superior to those around us.

5. We want to have everyone approve of us.

2. We want to feel  perfect .

6. We want to feel safe from people who might challenge us.

4. We want to control the feelings of others.

7. We want to deny that we have problems.

We fear that we aren’t lovable enough for others to accept us as we are, with all of our faults and we fear that we are inadequate.