For a few months now I have had the assumption, socially, that people don’t respect me. I feel very surprised when people do show respect to me. I want to figure this out.
Could I blame it on someone else? It could be like paranoia, which is so harmful.
Don’t we all want respect? Sometimes I find myself not respecting some people. I could be more respectful of most people. I should be slow to reject.
I see it is my fault for not respecting mankind.
You should have a general way of interacting with all people. Then if one earns your respect then it is so. Same goes for friendships or atleast working relationships like co workers.
But its up to you how you want others to see you. This is what carl jung called the persona.
Although we are much more than our ability to like or be liked or respected or not.
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@ablue Thanks for the very good reply. I worked a lot on my post. It seems you have thought about this too.
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Yes i have pondered many things to figure out how i actually feel about them.
You just have to find a place to be where you can respect yourself, what other people think is out of our control, but nobody is liked by everyone, that’s just the way it is. When you come across someone you have bad chemistry with, don’t ponder on it. You can do everything right and still not be liked by everyone.
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Some people make it a point to not respect others. I think they have a higher opinion of themselves than they should.
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Sometimes it seems the only time I get respect is when I don’t expect it.
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@Mr_Hope I think you are right, I have to feel a strong, stable respect for myself. I have to be aware of the need. @crimby I have just very small number of people like that. It’s more my fault than it is theirs. @Dude1 That is also what I was trying to say.
Thanks you all for the good, thoughtful replies.
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