Egocentric Thinking | My PTSD CPTSD Forum The Problem of Egocentric Thinking Egocentric thinking results from the unfortunate fact that humans do not naturally consider the rights and needs of others They do not naturally appreciate the point of view of others, nor the limitations in their own point of view They become explicitly
Enablers of abuse - why do they do it? | My PTSD CPTSD Forum For example I get the impression that selfish, arrogant, egocentric, egotistical, egoistic, vain, attention-seeking, megalomaniacal, narcissistic are all a bit blurred together in my mind Reading your account I would first say it seems your mother was manipulative and cruel, and your father was negligent and therefore cruel
Has anyone else ever felt guilty for being born Could it be you are remembering the events leading up to her death from a child's point of view? Children are naturally egocentric, and so believe that any negative event that happens is their fault - which is, of course, not true Absolutely true, and natural for children to think this way, even though they aren't actually to blame
Why are women so terrible to each other? - My PTSD CPTSD Forum I’m a soon to be lawyer, and I’ve found the worst co-worker I’ve ever had was another fellow brown girl Always had a sense she’s trying to compete with me Haven’t seen her in two years and I’m hoping I won’t have to but just wanna know why women are so terrible to each other in the workplace
No-one Likes Me And No-one Cares | My PTSD CPTSD Forum Sometimes I feel so alone I feel like noone cares, and most of the time this is reinforced People are so rude and egocentric You care and they just don't give a s*** If I am not at work around my collegues this feeling gets worse I hate and dread the holidays because of this
Alcohol Induced Flashbacks? - My PTSD CPTSD Forum I'm not egocentric enough to think I'm the only one to have this experience, but it is nice to know as a fact My only solution is not drinking That's probably what I'll end up doing, haha Since I've never been a big drinker to begin with I don't feel like I'm losing anything I suppose I might try again in the future, once I've made more
Dont know how to help a friend, ideas welcome In turn, I can see that this observation could be interpreted as my own egocentric self-flattery because it selfishly serves my stated scepticism about psychotherapy In my experience, most psychotherapists say they are not there to give advice or make choices for other people should do, and then go ahead and do so
How Do You Be A Friend? | My PTSD CPTSD Forum It's going to mean hurting someone who cares for me deeply in her own ultra intrusive, egocentric way, and it's going to hurt me too, both for the loss of a friend and for the guilt and social failure that are busy at work on me already, but I think it's better in the end that this person and I put some greater distance into our relationship
Everyones trying to manipulate you, no one is sincere I think as humans we're pretty egocentric, there is the truth that not everything is about one's self In that I mean, most people take things pretty personally