Are you self-centered?

I think I am self centered, but some of my friends probly don't.

i am not at all self- centered. in fact i give too much of myself and do not do enough for me. trying to find a balance but i have to say that if one takes care of themselves i do not think it is self-centered. i think it is another way of giving of yourself because if you take care of yourself you are better for those that depend on you.

No one would really admit to being self-centered. But, I believe, there are people who can be really tagged as such. I mean, yes, we all get to be selfish at one point in our lives. Sometimes, often. But, being self-centered is something else. Self-centered...one don't anymore think about the good of the people around them but theirs. They'd only consider what is beneficial for them and neglect others' needs. It's a character -- part of a person's being. I can be self-centered whenever I am hurt. I tend to feel for myself and forget that there are other people around me who might be facing a more challenging dilemma. I sulk and be cranky to whoever. That's it. But, lemme make it clear that this is only when I am hurt and it's not my character.

As you've said, everyone is a bit self centered. I will admit it can be hard for me to move beyond being self centered. I've gotten to the point where I've given up on trying to help out everyone else because I'm never thanked, I'm never appreciated, and I feel as if I'm taken for granted. However, I do help people and I do try to move beyond being so self centered. I really try to offer to help people do things or to even buy people things if I know they'd really appreciate it, but it's hard when I've really tried to start doing more things for myself.

I admit I am a self-centered person. I only think about myself and my feelings. I only act or do something if I am sure that I will get some benefits. I am a hard-headed and a brat that I would do anything to get what I want. I hate to share my things with others. I only want my self in the center of attention. There are times that I do stupid things not thinking that people surrounds me will get hurt.

hi divkris. u are wrong in the first line of your discussion. don't think friend that there are nobody who want to expose their demerits with an open mind. yah, i am. i know that i have some bad habits. one of them is that i am self-centred, but not too much. sometimes i think that selfishness should not be considered as a bad habit in every moment and situation. people need to be so in some situation.thanks

Actually I am self centered person, but I am getting fed up live like this. I feel like I am not moving enough speed. I feel like that I am over self protected. it makes me narrow my determinations, future progress. i didnt feel like that, untill I met my boyfriend. He told me the most of people love to stay as self centered person and they scared to take risk to do most things. I think he is right.

Everyone can be self centered unless they are a total people pleaser, i do get self centered sometimes, especially in my relationship i get so wrapped up in how i feel and what I want that it makes me very self-centered and its a bad thing because it alienates and pisses my boyfriend off, im self-centered in my family but thats not all my fault, im the youngest and the only girl so they really spoiled me when i was little so I still sometimes think that it has "to be all about me", and its horrible but when I want to be the focus of everything and im not, it frustrates me...i hate that about myself because its embarrassing, mean, and stupid,,,,,but i really am working on it and trying to stop being that way

When it comes to feeling and emotions i can say i am self centered. I tend to say and say about it without considering other feeling and emotion of other people. When i done something good, i tend to say it that i done it to my sister. Sometimes it irritates her.

we are all self centered to an extent, we always look out for number one, it is second nature for us.. that is till we become mothers, and then well our children often come first.

You are right I believe everyone gets caught up in their own problems and worries about their self. I just think that is human nature. I know when I am stressed out at a job or with my family I sometimes become a witch. When I was younger I was alot more self-centered. Now that I'm older I am more aware of when I am becoming selfish. I try to calm myself down and I ask God for forgiveness. I also try to put myself in other people's shoes and try to imagine what it would be like to go through the things that they are going through. I always slip though.

I am certain to be self centered to specific occasions that happen to me everyday. Those people who are closest to me which I always consider when ever I have to decide on such situations. When it comes to may girlfriend as she is my constant inspiration, I consider such things to that of being self centered.

Everyone acts selfish in most of the times. You do things which will please you. If you help people, it doesn't mean you are kindhearted..... You help people because you find your happiness in it.... Which means u are again doing it for your selfishness.

author-divkris, i think ur right. ev'one has this selfish instinct in him/her. Bound to have. I mean, humans are built this way, ain't it true? haha. For me, I have thi good friend of mine, who stood by me and was my great listening-ear during my post-breakup times. That was around 1-2 months together. But right now, he seems depressed about some issues, I'm not exactly showing concern for him. Yes, I'm rly busy w work n all. But i guess if i rly care, i will make it a point to find time for him. Agree?

at times I am self centered. It is so much trouble for me at times, that its really hard to concentrate on other things. Still i try to help others even in those situations when they need.

yes, right, I am sometimes also feel as altruist means ready to follow other aspiration but it is more becaused of I dont like involved in quareling or perhaps afraid, ashame or the similar sense. If you thought it is a kind of self centered, well I dont deny it ! Ok, it is good topic that attracyed me to respond altough a bit late.

I think it is quite normal for a person to be self-centered sometimes...If you are self-centered all the time, then it is an issue. Everybody in this world (including me) is self-centered sometimes. I do think about the ways to earn more in mylot than my friends....Lol.