Confidence

A steady belief in your own or another's capacity.

Family Trust
Valence strongly positive
Arousal moderate activation
Intensity Moderate
Opposite Insecurity

A steady belief in your own or another's capacity. The body holds this signal first, often before the mind has named what is happening.

Where confidence lives in the body

Head
Pressure, fullness, mental load
Moderate
Chest
Tightness or warmth
Moderate
Face
Slight warmth
Quiet
Shoulders
Slight rise
Quiet

Related emotions

A note on this entry: The data on this page (definition, body sensations, valence, arousal, related emotions) reflects a structured reference for confidence. A full long-form entry is being added gradually. If you have research, a translation, or a body-mapping correction to suggest, please get in touch.