Observing people behave in a “selfish” manner doesn’t necessarily indicate that they’re a narcissist, sociopath, etc; it may just mean that they’re taking adequate measures to preserve their security. Simply observing someone do what’s in their best interest isn’t evidence of a mental disorder or irrational lack of empathy.
If you condemn people for prioritizing their basic needs, and structuring their life around their own personal development, then you’re likely unconscious of your own hypocrisy, and emotionally invested in ideals with no tangible basis in reality.
Passing judgement on someone because they aren’t enthusiastically modifying their lifestyle to suit your personal preferences or attachments, may be evidence that you are, in fact, the actual narcissist.
They devour each other and cannot even digest themselves.
When you criticize someone on one of their posts, you’re potentially stepping into an echo-chamber that this person has been curating over the course of their time on social media.
It often doesn’t matter how logical your argument is because much of their audience, a kind of social media tribe, will simply see you as a stranger/invader, and perceive your disagreement as an opportunity for all of them to reinforce their perceived unity by shaming/mocking you.
Never be distracted by people’s glamorous portraits of themselves and their lives; search and dig for what really imprisons them.
I do not think, sir, you have any right to command me, merely because you are older than I, or because you have seen more of the world than I have; your claim to superiority depends on the use you have made of your time and experience.
The proverb warns that, ‘You should not bite the hand that feeds you.’ But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself.
Man seeks for drama and excitement; when he cannot get satisfaction on a higher level, he creates for himself the drama of destruction.
People develop elaborate rationalizations in an effort to reject uncomfortable aspects of reality, and they will unconsciously cherry-pick information to confirm what they prefer to believe.
In this way, the internet and social media allow for the ability to essentially curate denial, and fashion echo-chambers where those of similar self-deception can “support” one another by verbally affirming each other’s delusions in an endless cycle.
The “pathology of normalcy” rarely deteriorates to graver forms of mental illness because society produces the antidote against such deterioration. When pathological processes become socially patterned, they lose their individual character. On the contrary, the sick individual finds himself at home with all other similarly sick individuals. The whole culture is geared to this kind of pathology and arranged the means to give satisfactions which fit the pathology. The result is that the average individual does not experience the separateness and isolation the fully schizophrenic person feels. He feels at ease among those who suffer from the same deformation, in fact, it is the fully sane person who feels isolated in the insane society - and he may suffer so much from the incapacity to communicate that it is he who may become psychotic.
Be weary of people who stuff their profile with slogans and political affiliations meant to demonstrate their moral integrity. These titles alone aren’t evidence of an individual’s competence as some supposed provider or ethical authority; these titles are only evidence that there is some motivation to be perceived as virtuous.
If their self-proclaimed benevolence doesn’t align with the content that they display or their behavior within actual relationship dynamics, then they’re either brainwashed and honestly unconscious of their hypocrisy, or they are intentionally utilizing popular cultural trends to exploit others and covertly ascend some perceived social hierarchy.