Signs the person you're dealing with is insecure.

I'm not shaming people who do these things. A lot of us are guilty of some of them. But it can be helpful to know if you're dealing with someone insecure So you can handle situations a certain way.

They can't even trust themselves.
Many insecure people have let themselves down many times or felt like they've let others down a lot, to the point that it wears down their self-esteem. You will often see this in their inability to make decisions. Someone who's insecure may treat each decision as if it were a life-or-death situation. They may act like even making the tiniest mistake is the world's end.

And you'll see this in the amount of backup plans they'll have. Yes, it's important to have preparations in case something that you're doing goes wrong. But if you have 50 different backup plans for one tiny little thing. This shows that this person might be expecting to fail. Sometimes getting these backup plans ready takes a lot of effort. And it's like they're self-sabotaging because you only can pursue so much with your time.

They'll say yes to everything.
But they may need help getting everything done. People who are insecure are often afraid to say no to others because they're worried that that person won't like them anymore. Or they'll take it personally. These people usually tend to take things personally as well. If you tell them no or try to set a boundary, they may become offended rather than seeing that. You're just trying to take care of your mental health.

These people often come off as charming people, and they probably are. But they're usually struggling and overwhelmed because they tell everybody yes. And they don't tell anybody no. Suppose you know someone like this. It is best to avoid asking too much because they have said yes to everybody else or secretly may not want to do whatever You asked of them.

They'll see your success as a threat.

In life, being successful rarely takes away from somebody else's success. Unless it's a job promotion, With both of you trying to get it. Insecure people have Difficulty being happy for other people. Because they see it as a threat. In many cases, if you're close to somebody and you want the same thing that they have, you can just ask or talk to them and usually they're more than willing to teach you what they know, so you could have the same thing that they have. But insecure people often don't think like this.

When you're successful, they also see it as a threat of them getting validation. People who are insecure look outward for validation and life in general, so they may feel overlooked or unimportant when you're winning because the attention will be on you rather than them.

Insecure people also fear change. They worry. That your success will cause changes in their relationship with you or their life, and it will affect them in a negative way. They may feel like you're about to deprioritize them or pay less attention to them overall.