3 Signs Someone Has Low Self Awareness

If you're looking for signs that someone has low self awareness, then you're in the right place! In this video, we'll discuss 3 signs that someone has low self awareness and how to deal with them. You'll also learn what causes low self awareness.

Low self awareness can also lead to problems with emotions, behavior, and may often be a part of mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, OCD, and personality disorders. It can even result from low self esteem.

Here are the 3 signs someone has low self awareness according to clinical psychologist Dr. Ramani Durvasula.

00:00 Intro
00:25 What is self awareness, actually?
02:22 1. Poor self-monitoring
03:08 2. Emotional dysregulation
05:54 3. Impulsivity
07:55 What causes low self awareness?
11:01 How to improve low self awareness

This interview with Dr. Ramani and MedCircle host Kyle Kittleson is extremely helpful if you're wondering whether you're self aware. If you're a therapist or mental health professional, then this video is also a must-watch. We'll discuss the signs and symptoms of low self awareness and how to help someone deal with them. You'll also learn more about mental illness in the context of low self awareness.

#mentalhealth #selfhelp #psychology #selfawareness

[QueenofArgyle]

It’s a fine balance between considerate of others and a door mat. An eternal struggle .

[enbykenz]

thing is, my mom was so unresponsive to literally everything when I was growing up that I actually picked up the subconscious belief that nothing I did mattered or would even be noticed. That was very problematic later on!!!

[chancerobinson]

I was depressed throughout my twenties and didn't even realize I was depressed until I started to smoke marijuana. I became very self aware and questioned "maybe I am depressed?" and have been healing ever since.

[dalelerette]

Some people say a lot of angry words under the banner of being "brutally honest". Where in actuality they just enjoy being brutal. If they were really self-aware they would realize they are not being honest. Thank you for sharing a very in-depth discussion.

[laraoneal]

There is an epidemic of narcissism everywhere so obviously there is a constant proliferation of lack of self awareness. I notice this all the time and if I bring it up others look at me like I’m an idiot. So sick of it.

[losrin]

Sometimes I think my mental health is undermined by too much self-awareness. But when I see these types of videos I always click on it. I really just don’t want to be a narcissist like my mum. It’s something I’ve lived by since I was a teen. and like god i’m not a teen anymore that’s crazy

[AlSabado-at-alsabado-com]

My narc sibling yelled at me in public, when I said I would be late for beating a project deadline and for cooking food for our elderly dad. She brought it up years later hoping to defend her anger. So I told her she could say she couldn't wait for me any longer so she'd go ahead, but she chose to make a scene and humiliate me in public telling me I have no respect for other people's time. The yelling, the rage, the cussing, the door/objects slamming, etc. are just not normal to me. And I'm glad to know they're not normal or even acceptable to anyone either. So many years have passed of enduring them all. Time for recovery and healing . . .

[teresacurry]

I was in line at a grocery store where a self important woman got into the 10 item or less line. The cashier politely told her that she wouldn't be able to ring up the sale and she needed to go to another line. The woman went ahead and started off loading her groceries on the counter belt. The cashier came around and put the groceries back in the cart and retold the woman for the umpteenth time that she had to find another lane to use. We all commended the cashier who told us that the manager authorized her to do it because people in a hurry had spoken with him about having to wait behind the ones lacking common courtesy.😊

[schw]

Low self-aware people usually don't agree their behavior even IS a problem. For example, if they've always been rude to servers, it's because they think servers inherently don't deserve to be treated with respect. If you tell them to be nice to servers, they think something's wrong with you: "why would you be nice to someone who's supposed to SERVE you?"

[laraoneal]

Most ppl simply ARE NOT SELF AWARE. Ppl are not INTROSPECTIVE period.

[CMStrawbridge]

As someone with BPD, I have always had dysregulated emotions and have long been acutely aware of them! It was a source of constant guilt and shame for me, and it turns out much of it was the environment i was trapped in.
I think you should rethink that part, at least

[artifundio]

I am hyper self aware of my intermittent self awareness. It's exhausting!! And when I get tired my self awareness gets very low.
Maybe is because I'm a bit autistic and I am always trying not to be mocked or pointed out for my unusual behavior. I notice things faster than others, and sometimes I am too blunt in my way of speaking. When the hyper self awareness works it's great, but when I'm being awkward a lot of people react strongly at me, and it takes time to realize why they are treating me poorly or even violently. If I cannot hide I often blow out. I hate it.

This video is perfect for me, thanks Dr Ramani and Kyle!!

[thethingofitis]

Great info. I think a person who was overly held back for their whole life in terms of being allowed to exist and be heard by their family unit etc would maybe have a temporary time being disregulated because of the massive self control they endured putting everyone else ahead of them for years. So maybe it's not their whole personality it's just a moment of development being 'inappropriate' or 'impulsive' as a 'grown adult's' simply because they never experienced actually expressing themselves before so it's somewhat todler-ish but maybe that's a needed thing for a person and they should have experienced it earlier in life but didn't due to a non-supportive growing environment. So maybe it's just not the entire person it's a phase of development. Thanks you guys. I love learning more about psychology. Happy Friday.

[henryhealing]

I love that you talk about 'self awareness' rather than going directly to the 'low self esteem' ... such a healing tool!

[Rose-xqsd]

Thank you for posting. I'm now 30 and slowly becoming more self aware. My life was very destructive in the past but I am slowly healing and getting better.

[idontknow-msmc]

I like that Dr. Ramani shared a personal example of being self-aware.

I know that being tired/not getting my sleep out can make me prickly. If I say, "hey, I'm sorry. I'm not in the best mood." And then I actively try to retreat and stay quiet as a way to control myself. I realize that's self-awareness. I'm saying, "Hey. Proceed with caution." If someone chooses to keep talking, that's on them.

I used to feel really bad about that kind of thing, but no one is perfect 100% of the time. And the best way for me to take responsibility, like Dr. Ramani said, isn't to beat myself up. I shouldnt think even when I'm tired & people know I'm tired to act perfectly. It means knowing myself and what I need and communicating and honoring those needs. Instead of taking it out on other people or even holding a silent grudge because I chose not to speak up for what I needed.

[laraoneal]

I have adhd which is dysregulation in and of itself yet bc I’ve researched adhd I’m hyper aware of when I’m dysregulated so I avoid speaking or acting out that dysregulation.

[Luxfer]

My problem is not being on time, even if nobody is waiting. It´s like I always underestimate traffic, rain, etc...and overestimate my speed for doing things.

[mindfulnesswithmatt]

People with low self awareness also demand the most attention as part of of their shame and overshadow those who are. Hoping that narrative slowly shifts

[avril.]

I get overwhelmed and stressed easy but I try very hard to be conscientious of how I treat others. (I’ve broken up with friends who are rude to restaurant servers)
I’m an introvert, diagnosed with anxiety and ADHD, and have a lack of breaking in the prefrontal cortex. Yes I’m very prone to being reactive.
However I’m still highly sensitive and extremely self aware.
My point is that I still think it is a stretch, in a chaotic society, to assume people reacting to intense environments is abnormal.