In Taylor’s case, self-awareness is encompassing knowledge of the many, many roles she is fulfilling at all times.

- an entertainer that is highly-rewarded and followed by many fans and media at virtually all moments that she is in public

- an artist that is trying to express her personal feelings in a relatable way, and often having to filter that through the spectrums of genre and commercial and critical appeal.

- someone who is aware of public perception about her, so she wants to be pleasant as possible at all times, even when there are mistakes, deadlines and tough decisions to be made.

She can’t possibly be happy to see paparazzi outside a residence alongside (well-meaning) fans who will be vociferous about their disappointment when they might get ignored when lurking outside.

She has even made references in interviews to the exact faces that she feels that she needs to make when being followed by paparazzi. There is an expressionless look she tries to adopt most of the time because she knows any paparazzi photo of a frown will eventually be used against her, out of context or not.

This is just part of what constitutes self-awareness for her…. It’s all a balancing act, and it is why a lot of (non-trollish) people have trouble believing she won’t have some kind of meltdown eventually.

She has to worry about all that stuff….AND be a functional person.

Bruce Springsteen got depressed around the peak of his fame because literally everyone he met was kissing his ass, which caused him to question his own self-worth.

Here is a post about that and how she might keep from getting an overinflated ego….

http://analyzingtaylor.tumblr.com/post/84482304481/how-can-taylor-keep-from-getting-a-huge-overinflated