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It may be that it was a happy one, and you merely feel a little self-conscious about your relative wealth, or your siblings might make occasional comments on what they see as conspicuous consumption.

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But just one swipe down my Instagram feed reveals I'm not the only man who is self-conscious about his hair.

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“I’m trying to look at how people dress,” Negrete said, suddenly self-conscious about his short shorts.

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Key says he was initially intimidated singing in front of Barker in the studio and had a few moments where negative, self-conscious thoughts were getting the better of him in the vocal booth during recording.

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It’s easy for Andrew McMahon to feel self-conscious when he listens back to “Everything In Transit,” his 2005 debut album as Jack’s Mannequin.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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