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Misery loves company, and so does insecurity.

The most exhausting thing about insecure people is that they cannot sit alone with their self-doubt. Instead, they feel compelled to distribute it. They package their uncertainty as insight and hand it to others as if it were truth.

This is why a strong self-concept is essential. Without one, someone can convince you there is a problem where none exists. That is the insidious nature of projection. It doesn’t announce itself as insecurity. It masquerades as concern, critique, or “help.”

Unfortunately, some children are raised by deeply insecure parents and grow up inside a constant field of projection. Over time, this can distort their sense of self and disregulate their nervous system.

Without support, these children often carry chronic, unexplained anxiety into adulthood not because something is wrong with them, but because their inner world was shaped around managing someone else’s unresolved fear.

Healing begins when they challenge the limiting beliefs imposed on them early in life and consciously replace them with a healthier self-concept. This work is not easy, but it is possible and it is profoundly liberating.