The Definition of Self-Concept

Self-Concept Paper The definition of self-concept is, the mental image or perception that one has of oneself. If someone were to ask a person how they see themselves most people would answer with a positive answer; people usually don’t look deep down and analyze their true self, negative and positive. Many factors such as the environment we live in, our parents and friends contribute to how we see ourselves. This paper will tell how I perceive myself, who I am becoming, and what I am afraid of becoming. If I could only describe myself in one word that word would be perplexed. I feel like I am a very complicated and misunderstood person. Personally, I think my strengths are that I am caring, trustworthy, loving, and humble, just to name a few. I believe my two biggest weaknesses are that I am shy and stubborn. I commend myself on how caring, trustworthy, loving, and humble I am. The people closest to me can vouch that I no doubt possess those character traits I used to describe myself. My friends usually come to me whenever they are in need of someone to talk to because they know I will listen and actually care about whatever it is that they need to talk about. I believe everyone should treat others the way they want to be treated. I’m not perfect so I may slip up at times but I try my best to treat people the way I would like them to treat me; so I think the traits I listed are traits every human should possess. At times I feel my weaknesses are overshadowing my strengths. Being shy and stubborn are not ways I would like to describe myself. When I was younger I wasn’t as shy as I am nowadays. A big reason why I believe I am shy today is because of other people; people constantly telling me how little I am or how young I look. Those comments have made me very self-conscience and the result of that is me being shy and not wanting much attention from people. Recently, a person close to me pointed out that I am stubborn in the fact that I am stuck in my ways