Telltale Signs That A Guy Is Insecure, According To A Guy

Men from Reddit answer the question, "“What is a telltale sign that a man is insecure about his masculinity or himself in general?”

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• Published in Interesting
• November 17, 2021

We all have insecurities that can make us feel less confident with ourselves. Most of the time, we don’t admit to these insecurities. 

After all, nobody wants to get laughed at, judged, or seen in a lesser way just because of that “little” thing that bothers them. Sadly, no matter how much we’ve progressed as a society, this is still an issue encountered by a lot of people. 

More than most though, it’s men who get the brunt of this kind of treatment. That’s why we kind of understand why they’re often hesitant if not aggressively in denial to open up or share anything about their insecurities. 

Instead of them being able to actually open up with how they feel like normal human beings should, they’re forced to think “What would other people say?” which is utter crap, by the way. Unfortunately, this keeping it in thing sometimes leads to not so desirable behaviors from men.

In a post on r/AskMen, someone asked the question “What is a telltale sign that a man is insecure about his masculinity or himself in general?” And the men of Reddit delivered and called out their very own peers.

From silly things like YouTube videos and drink preferences to more serious issues like obsessively putting forward the alpha persona, they didn’t hold back. Here are 20 signs that a man is insecure from men themselves. 

They have to assert that they're better to actually feel better about themselves

If it tastes good, then it tastes good for them. There's nothing wrong with that.

That's because they really can't brag about anything else cause there is nothing else to brag about

They don't want anyone else to be "better" than them

Just the fact that they have to announce it makes it clear how not an alpha they are

Maybe they were really just desperate for a the help that they can't get from their so called 'friends'

Maybe they're trying so hard to manifest what they don't have

This honestly just makes them seem so ridiculous

Don't they know how not to embarras themselves?

They can't stand to be alone because then they'll actually have to deal with themselves

Just the fact that they think expressing feelings is emasculating is cringe

There are men who truly want to make themselves better and there are those who only want to feel better about themselves

Someone should tell them just how cringe those posts are

Whoever these poor souls are, they need a lot of education

People giving themselves their own nicknames is just weird

That guy needs friends that will give him a good smack in the head and a good lesson on how not to embarrass himself

There is absolutely no purpose to those things

You need some good lessons on building your self-esteem but don't we all

Self-validation is understandably difficult most of the time for a lot of people

When he can't get over the 'glory' days

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