One of the most damning paradoxes of our condition is that, again and again, we withhold from others the loving sympathy and empathic understanding we demand for ourselves. When we lose the reins of our own character, when we lash out or sulk or act from a small dark place, we hasten to rationalize our actions as situational — we were too tired, too triggered, too threadbare with stress or vulnerability or loss. When others lose the reins of their character, we hasten to indict their misdeeds as constitutional, representative of a self rather than of a state.
Author: Maria Popova
Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings)
Subjects: Psychology | Behavior, Relationships
Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings)
Subjects: Psychology | Behavior, Relationships
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