Rooted -- 'Waiting' (Official Music Video)
July 6th, 2022 at 4:54AMOne's "sweetness" -- kindness, generosity, etc. -- to others directly corresponds to one's self-esteem. Sure, you can fake it, to others, but it doesn't make the formula any less true, because you can't fake it to yourself.
People with low self-esteem fear failure, fear shame and embarrassment, fear making their self-appraisal worse or more obvious to others, so they hide their thoughts and evaluations, their feelings, their true wants, desires, goals, etc. People with high self-esteem don't need to.