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Thoughts about judgmental people late tonight.

I think the brains natural defense mechanism to negativity is to lie, mostly to yourself. It does this as it’s trying to protect you from that bad thing.

As children this makes sense because we’re not mentally ready to deal with the complexities of life, but this function persists into adulthood as well.

Every time you make up some story about this thing that has offended you, it’s a lie, but we will believe it as it helps us feel better, or sometimes worse if you’re hard on yourself instead.

Either way. I know it’s harder to be the bigger person and own up to your faults and it’s much easier to just keep the beliefs that serve you even if they’re false. You never have to admit that to yourself anyways.

It seems so problematic, but it’s so commonplace one could argue it’s just human nature to be that way. We never evolved out of it so it clearly has its purpose.

I guess it’s just because it kept us alive. You don’t know a situation? Judge it and survive it.

I have noticed the few people who aren’t this way all felt that there’s more to life than survival or death. So the way they lived wasn’t based on either of those things.
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Magenta · F
Yes. Judging is as human as breathing. It's nearly the first thing we do with people and situations. We're making little judgements in our head constantly. Lying to ourselves is just as huge.

But personal awareness, looking deeper into the core of it and why we do it is the important part to growing. Knowledge alone won't help much, it's the action of recognition. Self growth requires we look at our fatal flaws.

P.S. Always enjoy your smart thoughts!
Reject · 26-30, M
@Magenta I very much enjoy seeing you too! It’s not to often people can relate to my thoughts. Right. It is a tricky thing, to evaluate a process as natural as our breathing. Most people don’t even think about why, but I feel it’s as simple as our breathing. It’s meant to keep us alive. So to change it, your mindset can’t be on survival mode anymore with thoughts of everything’s relation to you. Is had to start thriving where instead your thinking of your relation to everything else.
Oh I have plenty of faults ..I'm far from perfect and do not pretend to be but yes I'm judgmental too ...most are and if they say aren't they are lying
Reject · 26-30, M
@pripyatamusementpark That’s true. It’s sort of funny how the reason people say they aren’t judgmental is because they’ve already judged that being seen as judgmental is a bad thing.
@Reject being judgemental is our defensive mechanism. It is one way we protect ourselves from danger
Reject · 26-30, M
@pripyatamusementpark It is, but I do think that purpose has been adapted to our modern day where it’s not about simple survival regarding our life anymore, it’s about surviving in a society where you have worry about things like reputation. The threats we face now are more about what affects our way of life, but I feel it’s still very much a problematic way of thinking. So I work on changing it everyday.
Pretty much everyone judges........ not everyone admits it. And everyone lies to themselves......... not everyone admits it.
Reject · 26-30, M
@MayorOfCrushtown Yes, we all do these things, but I think it’s important to believe that we don’t have to. With enough dedication, even natural processes can be changed for the better.

 
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