Is Bragging a Sign of Insecurity?Are People who brag insecure?

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7 Ways To Talk About Your Accomplishments Without Sounding Like A Braggart
Do people brag when they are insecure? What does bragging say about a person?

Braggers make people cringe, but you know what? Those braggers are actually not as confident about themselves as they make it out to be. Let's talk about our next PAA: Are people who brag a lot insecure?

The PAA answered by an article titled "4 Signs That Someone Is Insecure" published by Psychology Today which is a media organization with a focus on psychology and human behavior.

In this article, the author Dr.Susan Whitbourne who is a Professor Emerita of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst points out that insecure people are more likely to brag because:

1. They are bragging to convince themselves that they really do have worth.

2.They try to make you feel insecure yourself. So they can project their insecurities onto you.

For those who don't know, Psychological projection is a common defense mechanism that involves projecting undesirable feelings or emotions onto someone else, rather than admitting to or dealing with the unwanted feelings yourself.

Obviously, you don't want to be one of those annoying people, but is bragging always bad? Let's talk about our next PAA: Is bragging good or bad?

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