A shy person who is afraid of the attention of others is not free of ego, but has an ambivalent ego that both wants and fears attention from others. The fear is that the attention may take the form of disapproval or criticism.
Shyness often goes with a self-concept that is predominately negative, the belief of being inadequate. Any conceptual sense of selfâseeing myself as this or thatâis ego.
Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, thatâs the ego.
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The fear of failure or rejection can be read as fear of ego-death. Shame and guilt express the fear of separation and even ego-death. The same is true for embarrassment and humiliation.
Paranoia is a state of fear in which a person misinterprets ambiguous situations, seeing negative meanings, and potential threats.
In other words, paranoia causes you to irrationally scrutinize yourself and the behavior of others. You become hypervigilant, on the lookout f...
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