Criticism

Criticism-Human behaviour

Our brain is ‘hard-wired’ to be negative.

When life was uncertain and dangerous, our ancestors needed to be alert to threats in order to survive.But modern life is not as dangerous as it used to be.Yet, when we don’t like something or someone, we react like our ancestors did. Being judgmental is how we protect ourselves from potential attacks.

Criticism is an easy form of ego defense.

We hate in others what we hate about ourselves.We reject the events or behaviors that expose our uncomfortable zones.Criticism is an effortless task. And we are weak.

That’s why we cling to it.

We expect everyone to be flawless. Our perfectionist syndrome is just an excuse to hide our vulnerable side. And have a hard time accepting our own flaws.We criticize others because we are impatient. We don’t tolerate those who behave differently or move at a different pace. We expect people to behave like we would.When we focus on someone else’s flaw, we become blind to everything else. We want to look smarter. But behave foolishly. We stop seeing the person. We just see their mistakes.By spending our time looking at others, we forget to confront what we need to improve ourselves.