I’m a bit unsure what you mean by social insecurity, but I’m going to take it as something like social anxiety that people feel.
Most social anxiety, as I see it, comes from a fear of exclusion rooted in the evolutionary very real threat of death as a result of exile. Today few people actually die of ostracism, but it certainly makes one’s life worse, and social reality includes a lot of in between where you might not be at risk of dying but certainly you’ll lose status and access to opportunities if you look bad. From there we worry about any number of things.
Some things that seem common to me:
offending a high status person
looking foolish
thinking things are fine but people are talking behind your back
imposter syndrome (not cool/smart/etc. enough to hang)
I’m a bit unsure what you mean by social insecurity, but I’m going to take it as something like social anxiety that people feel.
Most social anxiety, as I see it, comes from a fear of exclusion rooted in the evolutionary very real threat of death as a result of exile. Today few people actually die of ostracism, but it certainly makes one’s life worse, and social reality includes a lot of in between where you might not be at risk of dying but certainly you’ll lose status and access to opportunities if you look bad. From there we worry about any number of things.
Some things that seem common to me:
offending a high status person
looking foolish
thinking things are fine but people are talking behind your back
imposter syndrome (not cool/smart/etc. enough to hang)