Ego And Self-Respect

EGO AND SELF-RESPECT 

There is a very thin line between self-respect and ego. For some, a very small thing can trigger their ego, and for some the same thing becomes a matter of self-respect. Many times self-respect will also be considered as ego. And some would take their ego and say that it's their self-respect. One has to learn to maintain both a healthy and balanced diet.

Ego & Self Respect play a very vital role in unusual ways depending on situation to situation. In certain situations, both are asked and we need to give it, and for certain situations, we should let go of either or both. We need to be balanced which shows our maturity in it. If it's balanced and used promptly in the right way it can actually help us to be in our best form. I know just with words it's not gonna be understandable I will put up an example for this.

Our mind is more like a computer machine, which produces its own thoughts of meaning for everything and anything with experience and our minds control the environment to protect us, and we hold onto those meanings our mind has made and we become biased accordingly. Not many understand that our brain is imperfect and we make mistakes things seeing and hearing. So it's better to take time to understand things before we make decisions.

So here it is how things unfold.

Now if say in a relationship, your partner says something or stands against your decision, your ego triggers up just because the other is abiding by the decision, and for them, their self-respect triggers up because they think a simple thing as such is that they do not accept to understand. Now if this is the case that they keep doing on and on for a period of time and do not communicate to clear things, a disaster is right in front of them. Here both the Ego and Self-respect are on high, if in a relationship we should take steps to understand and let go of things for the best. If in such a scenario either doesn't budge, after a certain point their Self-respect will be up and they aren't wrong in their place, coz they did make efforts but yet the egocentric doesn't want to understand. At such points the Relation-Ship itself becomes toxic.

Egocentric people are aggressive either from the outside or inside. Ego is relatively weaker than self-respect but they are headstrong weight. For such kind of people when their Ego is slapped on their face, they will feel anxiety & unpleasant feelings.

An example, If a person cuts you off in traffic, the ego wants you to physically attack the driver. The ego allows us to see that this response would be socially unacceptable, but it also allows us to know that there are other more appropriate means of venting our frustration. And that frustration is taken out on others that bcoz ego one has given his Ego more space in his/her conscious/subconscious mind.

Self-respect is a form of self-love wherein a person values his or her own unique and unrepeatable approach to living Life. Everyone expects a certain level of respect that he/she deserves, its pride, dignity, and confidence. It is having an understanding and appreciation of the character traits of its True Self. However, it is also very difficult for one to show respect to others if he/she is lacking self-respect. For example, if I wanted to give money to someone, I would first need to have money in my pocket in order to give money to that person. The same goes for respect. I can only give it to someone else if I have it inside me for myself in the first place.

Here's an example of a healthy Ego & Selfrespect. So one is in need of money. He has an option of stealing money, but he doesn't look at that option That's respect Now the next option is begging but abiding by that thought that's Ego. And then the option to borrow there wasn't any hesitation.

Ego and Self-respect are strong emotion, which needs to be dealt with understanding depending on every individual situation.

Thanks for reading.

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