self-conscious

Grace said she felt self-conscious and embarrassed.

Cristin Milioti gets self-conscious about sounding too “actor-y” in interviews, and explains that she usually cringes when she hears a performer referring to a character in the third person.

"I just don’t like my body. I'm self-conscious about it."

“I’ve always been self-conscious about my chin and jaw,” says Adam—who didn’t want to use his real name—a 37-year-old real estate broker who frequently uses Instagram and TikTok to promote his business and sees a correlation between success and the chiseled jawline he got courtesy of Juvéderm.

Being young, Haitian, and self-conscious meant I would defy the stereotype altogether.