Confidence

I confuse my confidence with that of others.  I have confidence in myself but when others display a lack of confidence in me, I somehow twist this and feel I am the one that is not confident.

Some people boost confidence in us and others take it way.  Some even think they are being kind/supporting you and don’t realise they are caging you, even insulting you.

I did a confidence test recently thinking I would fail and actually I passed and am pretty high in confidence.  Self esteem was low and again that comes from what others allow you to do or how they make you feel.  Even with the best intentions they pull the rug from under you.

Sometimes I think people even reflect their own confidence issues onto others, maybe they aren’t that confident and so treat you like you aren’t.  They project their fears/worries/concerns onto you instead as the one feeling these things.

I am not confident in everything but that should be for me to decide and do something about, not for others to judge me on.