A team there followed teenagers throughout their high school careers and found that certain forms of social media and TV shows fueled spirals of depression and self-consciousness.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12090679/This-perfect-man-woman-look-like-according-AI.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

But another problem might be that, as in the case above, Paul’s humor often consists of hyperbole regarding the power of social censure—the joke (as it were) rests on the assumption that her audience shares an intense self-consciousness.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/the-rules-according-to-pamela-paul

Child actors in coming-of-age stories must balance the task of embodying their character’ growing self-consciousness without making their movements and expressions appear rehearsed.

Source: https://stanforddaily.com/2023/10/16/good-girlhood-aftersun-and-the-pain-of-turning-girlhood-memories-into-adult-wisdom/

James says: ‘I am largely delighted by the results – I was very unhappy with my hairline before and now that self-consciousness is entirely gone.

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2023/04/06/what-getting-a-hair-transplant-is-really-like-from-start-to-finish-18559158/

Suffice it to say that over the next 10 years of the protagonist’s life, we move from ugly underwear to actual shame; from crushes to love; and from self-consciousness to hard-won self-knowledge.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/22/books/review/diana-athill-dont-look-at-me-like-that.html