Vicarious embarrassment is the embarrassment you receive from watching another person or reading about someone doing something without doing it yourself, but just observing.
A definition from Wiki also explains well:
“Vicarious embarrassment (also known as secondhand , empathetic, or third-party embarrassment) is the feeling of embarrassment from observing the embarrassing actions of another person.”
What are things that people do that you see that you feel secondhand embarrassment for? What are some things you get embarrassed for seeing a person do?
Give me some fun stories, @Discussions lol. And/or awkward ones.
I used to get a lot of second hand embarrassment on films or TV shows or irl, but I’ve noticed I don’t anymore. I noticed that as I grow not to scare what people think, my second hand embarrassment went away. It’s been a long time since I’ve experienced this feeling
I get second hand embarrassment when someone is wrong about something but they are so very sure they’re right and someone has to awkwardly explain that it’s not that way anymore. Oof.
That doesn’t really make sense. Secondhand embarrassment is feeling embarrassed for someone else for what they’re experiencing, though you’re not actually on the receiving end of the situation. What you’re talking about is considered first-hand.
Yes, I know what it is. I’m saying as I start to focus less on how other people think of me and how they might feel, my second hand embarrassment for other people also goes away
It’s sad but true
also when someone stumbles or trip irl
