ReadingRainbows
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Is it truly easier to be a selfless individual when you have low self esteem?
Why or why not??
Why or why not??
Is it truly easier to be a selfless individual when you have low self esteem?
Why or why not??
agreed...in a sense i feel like you have to be secure about your own worth to be able to give for the sake of giving and not just trying to fill a hole...just knowing what comes around goes around.No, because if you're being selfless and have a low self esteem it usually means it's a way to reduce guilty (works as for whatever punishment for whatever reason you have a low self esteem). The motives are just screwed
Nobody's actually selfless and I have a hard time with altruism. People who in their actions/words put others completely before themselves are hiding something huge and try to gain self worth with their "apparently" unselfish deeds
True authencity (true altruistic behaviour) becomes possible only when you have the same standards for yourself and for others.
=> One should be as merciful/forgiving/accepting of oneself as one is of others. Only then can one comprehend equality.
(If we're talking this idealistically and such thing as "selfness" does exist).
Okay I missed the point, sorry... Hm I mean it is easier to act selfless when you have low self esteem yes
(what what what)
agreed...in a sense i feel like you have to be secure about your own worth to be able to give for the sake of giving and not just trying to fill a hole...just knowing what comes around goes around.
Is it truly easier to be a selfless individual when you have low self esteem?
Why or why not??
Well-put. Also, being considerate of those who share your larger picture can be a reasoned choice. Cooperation is often just a good idea that brings emergent benefits to all involved.I think selflessness, with it's more positive connotations, as in not just "not having concern for oneself" but "the act of sacrificing ones own interest for the greater good", favors people with higher self-esteem.