Reflection # 13

After reading the articles the most important concept I intook was bow we care what society thinks of us. It's like we care about what poeple have to say of us and how they see us as a person. as we grow up self esteem and our self concept play a significant role in our lives. I remember being in high school and it was all about joining the popular groups and knowing everyone. I was one of those students always trying to fit into those types of groups. For example, I got myself into cheerleading squad just to be a part of the popular kids in school so that poeple would recognize me. However, this cause me to be indifferent with my other friends which were not in these popular clicks; which made me realize that i was not being myself and that it was not about being popular and being known. Honestly it's about who you are and the things you do that make you different and who you really ate as a person in society. Unfortunately, in this corrupted society that we live in, people think they have to put a front and change themselves to someone else han they really are just so they can feel and be acknowledged in society.Although I acted in such a way in high schoolit made me be who I am today. I now understand my actions were due to me having a low self esteem as well ascaring more about what other saw me as.
In addition, in the article on understanding one self Don E. Hamachek's explains how there is a difference between physical self concept, social and emotional self concept. Nevertheless, they have a connection that helps us be aware of how society feels about us and how it persuades the way we perceive ourselves.Another thing mentioned in this article was the way we present ourselves different than we are. For Instance, I have a friend to protrays that she has money and lives in a huge house. But in reality she is not but a middle class average girl. People like this live in a fantasy world, thinking that there one thing but really they are another.On the same note the real question I have from this whole idea is why do we act and behave in these ways? In my opinion it's all because of our self esteem levels.
Overall, I felt these articles to be helpful in making us realize we need to focuse our minds and oneself in stopping the way we worry how society feels about us.