Alison, read carefully...
Imagine there are two girls. One of them likes to joke about herself, putting herself down in a funny kind of way. She doesn't really think the things she says are true - she just says them in an attempt to be funny. Then there is the other girl. She has a really low self-esteem, and she constantly puts herself down in public, not trying to be funny, but because she secretly wants people to disagree and tell her how great she is. It's a way of fishing around for compliments, trying to get people to say nice things about her so she feels better about herself.
The first girl can be funny, but a bit worrying. The second girl is a bit of a pain. Which one are you?
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