Michelle Hambiliki

HuffPost UK •

Self-consciousness To The Nth Degree

In German "self" is "selbst" and "conscious" is "bewusst". So put the two together and you get self-conscious, right? Of course not. The funny thing is "selbst-bewusst" is an actual German word, but it means the exact opposite of self-conscious. If someone is selbst-bewusst, they are confident and self-assured. Mind blown.

And although you may be thinking, okay so I don't know the exact word for "self-conscious", but there are so many other alternatives I could use instead. And I did try. The c