The Psychology of Cringe - Are You Cringe? 

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Cringe feels awful but they do teach us to stay away from certain situation so that we don't repeat the same mistakes! What were some moments that you believed to be cringey?

​@@Psych2go,do you know if some cringe for those who are cringing are shown empathy

​@@Psych2go ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zYhfPWEdJhg.html

🤣🤣🤣these comments make my day ❤️to u all

@@Psych2go Honestly I lost count

Don’t kill the cringey part of you. Kill the part that cringes.

​@@BlackFlagHeathen nah cos this is a quote I'd hang on my wall, no shame-

@@someone39397 wish I could take credit for it lol, I saw it in a meme once and have loved it just as much as you ever since.

Just don’t be a menace to society

Im cringe and that’s based, i’ll never be based and that’s not cringe. There’s no one id rather be… than me.

Same here

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AGREED!

That's right

no bro it's your intuition that's always telling you the truth

this is facts

the only true thing that is cringe is being a jerk and hurting others who aren't hurting anyone

Yea. Honestly i am way too rational for my own good sometimes and some people may perceive it as cringe but my looks save me from judgement beyond that 😢

Omigosh I feel like I wrote this. I can identify with everything you just said.

And, how do you think of athecyber foreigner? May we can have the same topics to interact.

@@TheSparkOfCorn Yes it is sad, they made me feel that I'm cringey, because they criticized almost everything I said or did and also laught about it, of course in front of me and behind my back as well.

@@waw-ip6wl I don't really know what a athecyber foreigner is, so I can not answer this question, sorry.

I relate to your comment so much! I was bullied in elementary school (idk how long tho) and it really killed my self-esteem. 💔

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That's why I still prefer to stay outside of social structures.

Thank you for adding the timestamps!

​@@Psych2go not a problem happy to help

@@A55a551n thanks 😊

@@Sweetvictory1 not a problem happy to help

Thanks

how did you change yourself like this I have really really low self esteem sometimes I can speak casually and act normal somtimes i feel so low like im being judged by every word or act I say like im a nuisance and a burden to people and im afraid to ask people stuff or say something that will make people made at me sometimes i fear getting in argument i cant replay to negative talk to me and when someone critizes me I cant even replay to it or say anything idk what to do with myself I cringe even when I speak simple words i feel like Im not alive like i have no life I wanna stop being negative and harsh on myself Im not socially awkward or anything or very introverted i just cringe everytime i talk to people from myself and im very senstive to negative talk

@@unknownperson3342 i improved my looks. Besides the fact that i am very intelligent, not to brag but i graduated Valedictorian in high school. So that helps me out in every situation. Also i am very skilled i am self taught fashion designer. Then my only insecurity is my low self-esteem which is due to being bullied in childhood. In 2021, when the world was just opening up post lockdowns, I was invited to some event as a representative for my place in some cultural related thingy. I was riding the high of it. Then someone looked me in the eye at said event . Turns out, she was an old college classmate I have never seen in years. I felt seen. So I reached out to her via Instagram to ask her out. Long story short, it didn't work out because she has a boyfriend but that gave me the courage to speak my mind out and to tell people that I like them. This year 2023, I saw a guy I had once had a crush before. I've never seen him in years as well. So I reached out to him and asked him to model for my fashion line. I asked him to go out but he said he's not into guys. But we are good friends. Yes so to conclude I am pansexual demisexual whatever. But the way i got oout of my low self-esteem is that I opened myself up to love

Love it

Such unstoppable self esteem!

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Didn't mean to call you out! But we're pretty sure that you're not as cringe as you believe yourself to be! Why do you feel that you're cringe?

@@Psych2go Don't worry, I was kidding but yeah I was cringe like really . Some negativity and stuff but I have left all of that behind and Trying to be better

Thank you for your comment! Which part of the video did you relate to the most?

@@Psych2go the shame part. I'm still working on my self esteem and shame issues!

@@Psych2go i relate to the “all eyes on you moment”

I used to have a good friend that I had a crush on his older sister for a little while and once she found out I liked her It was cringe for me. When she knew I had a crush on her, her parents accepted the fact I liked her.

Not at all! Teachers love it when you show appreciation and love! Were you close to your teacher?

​​@@Psych2go Personally, yes. I adoreded her character. But she didn't know that. So it was a surprise. Lol. 😂

@@isaiahvoss Nice. Glad it worked out.

​@@gulagbatman1318 I never was in a relationship with his older sister though but I'm glad it didn't happen because it would've been more cringe at the most.

​@@devenmellor I had that happen many times.

The shows creators purposefully did them that way.

​@@AC-ni4gt I knew that with Community!

Autism isn’t cringe lol

@@midnightgamer2088 the point is that autism can make people do cringe things (speaking from someone who has autism)

What are some of your cringe actions you can think of right away?

@@Psych2go Being attracted to "yandere" characters. Being kinda a whiney Karen. I used to throw tantrums alot in class whenever I was stressed. Thinking my dad was abusive because he sent me to and after school program till 6 and didn't let be go outside to much. I though him giving me microwave meals alot and not taking to me much cause he stessed and needed a break was real neglect 💀

I'm glad everyone wound up continuing that on! I'm not you so I can't know how you feel, but I consider that having panned out as a funny moment, genuinely enjoyable for everyone, and I think that's cool. As far as I'm concerned - that's props to you! Also posting here in hopes that if there's a reply about a mental block video, that I really want to see that too!

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Your English is excellent! 💚

@@Racecar564 yeah, I felt embarrassed at first, but after they joined it was better

I’ve answered a drive thru worker at the window who was asking a question to the person behind me at the box. Headsets confuse us all sometimes.

@LetsPlateauWithLolo it's hard to tell with the bad headset quality, but sometimes this happens face-to-face, and it makes me wince every time I look back on it.

How does that make you feel? Does it bother you when they call you out like that? Or are their comments actually helpful?

@Psych2Go Sometimes it's useful but a lot of the time it's annoying. It's often for stuff that doesn't really matter. We plan to do content creation on twitch & RU-vid so she doesn't want people to think im cringe cuz it could affect our popularity/viewership

Its ok. Embrace it! No need to be socially acceptable as long as you are happy.

No problem 😊

It is very true xD. There's quite a lot I think about in my past that I would change, given the chance, because of how cringe it was xD.

Usually people dont laugh at cringe, its a negative reaction. It can be funny however

Thank you for joining us early! Did you find the video helpful? :)

Thank you so much! How long have you been a subscriber for?

​@@Psych2go new phone so maybe bout 3 months?

​@@Psych2go but I always would randomly get you on my recommendation list for a year and a half ish

@@AintrovertWhoiBefriended I just use its videos for some learning～

How do you mean? Could you tell us a bit more?

What did you learn from this video about being cringe?

@@Psych2go the meaning of cringe are physical and emotional actions that can happen at a quiet moment, i’ll need to be mindful of that

Bro, I mean is not major, so don't feel too bad, things happen :)

How is her only having a ps4 your fault 💀

@@omenzilla9755 It's not necessarily my fault, it's just I cringed at the fact I asked a question and got rejected

@@iiantixsocial that’s not rejection lol rejection would be if she said she didn’t want to give it to you it’s normal to not own a certain console you’re overthinking

@@omenzilla9755 It's sorta rejection in my head cuz she has a specific console, and most of the games I play don't allow cross-play, so there wouldn't really be any way we could play games together. Plus, she plays games I haven't heard of or don't have an interest in. The only game she has is minecraft, which she told me she rarely plays

How so? Did you find the video relatable?

If you want to have some cringe power do wave at random person who would look friendly! They wave back 😂🤣 it's fun!

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The word cringe has been around longer than any workforce out there. So, if they don't know the word, they need to start learning the language. He should've cringed when he realized he didn't know the word or know how to pick up a dictionary and look it up!

@@MyLostYouth Might have been useful to note that this gentleman, me and all other are Germans. Cringe hasn't been a word in our language that long yet, popularised by the internet.

Every day you have to point out to yourself: 1. Something you like about yourself 2. Something you've done that put good into the world (ideally recently.) They can be really SMALL things, but they have to feel true to you, no BS. And then you ask yourself what you're currently stressed about, and give yourself the advice/comfort you'd give someone you care about. You can do this in your head, but it also helps if you write it all down. This is just what worked for me, good luck. (Also, if you pair it with prayer that helps but that's up to your beliefs).

@@thisismyyoutubeaccount2470 Admittedly pointing out something like that which feels true to me is much easier said than done given my mind's self-destructive nature and the intensely negative self-bias that comes with that. Idk, it's hard to console your worst enemy, especially when that enemy is the same person you see in the mirror.

@@valethar8067 I feel you. That's why in the beginning you have to use tiny examples. Like, even the fact that you wrote these comments, that you generally want to be better, speaks to something good that's inside you. That counts. The more consistent you are with stopping and noticing the tiny positive things about yourself the more your self-esteem will grow (but it will take time, and hard work, and it won't happen over night).

@@thisismyyoutubeaccount2470 It's one thing to say and bring up those tiny examples, but it's definitely another much more difficult thing to really believe those things, especially when the only feedback I really get is a negative feedback loop in my own head... Like my self-esteem is low enough that if I were to look in the mirror, I'd not see even one redeemable detail in that reflection.

​@@valethar8067 It will be easier if you focus on action-based things (went for walk, read a page of a book) rather than image-based things, at least in the beginning. Tiny action-based things are easier to find pride in, imo, because YOU know the effort that went in. But it may take a while for self-kindness to feel natural, and that's okay. No new skill feels natural until you know how to do it. I'm rooting for you.

We've all been there 😳

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Too much to love, 😅 The examples you give helps relate to our past experiences. The solutions you provide show us hope and that we are walking this journey together. Thank you. 🙏🏽🖤