Insecurity
Insecurity means finding it difficult to make choices and can be recognised as a constant feeling of self-doubt concerning whether what an individual does or says is right. This feeling of doubt can also be externalised to others.
Insecurity can manifest itself in our lives at any given moment where there isn't an apparent problem at hand. However, when insecurity becomes a recurring issue, it can have a significantly negative impact on someone's life. Insecurity produces a depreciation in self-value and make coping, or even relaxing, in certain environments difficult.
One of the main characteristics of an insecure individual is their belief that there is only a single criterion by which certain things can be valued. When the people around us don't agree with our opinion, we feel insecure. This is the reason insecure individuals will have contradictory or mixed feelings. When they are surrounded by people that are similar to them or share comparable opinions and thoughts on a certain matter, they feel secure, when they aren't, they feel insecure. The fundamental concept, that needs to be understood here, is that everyone is different.
Attending to insecurity happens through working on self-esteem and on thoughts that have little to do with the reality that they concern. Assertiveness and social skills can be exercised for the process of contending insecurity.