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Originally Posted by Shadix
Funny, he is always disparaging people by referring to them "insecure" and "awkward". This is one of the things that really gets to me. He talks as if it is something they deserve to be shamed for. It even seems to me like he is put off by it when such people are given any positive attention. It's so weird, I don't know if it's a sort of jealousy thing where he feels threatened, or if it is some ideological belief in "maintaining the hierarchy".
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Shadix--I think of it as two sides of the same coin. Your brother is determined to not think of himself as insecure by overcompensating and burying the feelings whereas, we just feel our insecurities. We'd like to be confident, but know that, in some situations, we just aren't.