🪩 Lifestyle💬 Phrase🔍 Critical
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🫣자의식 과잉

/ja-ui-sik-gwa-ing/

자의식 과잉 means being overly self-conscious about how others see, judge, or evaluate you. It is often used online to describe someone who constantly monitors their own image and gets mentally exhausted in social situations.
자의식 과잉 meaning visual explanation
💬 Online community🌀 MultipleFirst seen 2010

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The phrase itself comes from standard Korean words meaning excessive self-consciousness, but its internet usage became more visible in the 2010s through communities, blogs, and social media posts about relationships, social fatigue, and overthinking. The exact first online use is unclear, so the year is approximate.

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  • "I keep replaying one awkward sentence from yesterday. My self-consciousness is really too much."
  • "Nobody probably cared, but I spent the whole meeting worrying about how I looked."

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💬 Online community❔ Unknown2010

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