A good representation of this kind of self-worth is the movie The Breakfast Club. Each of those characters certainly walked the halls of school with this kind of blustery self-worth. As we learn in the film, though, this self-esteem is only a facade. A mask. And it’s dependent on them being different, odd, unique, outside. The moment their outsiderness falls away, they see the brokenness in themselves and their commonality with others. The facade slips away and the truth comes out.