A person can be self-absorbed without thinking too highly of themselves. They could even be that way due to self-doubt & even self-loathing.
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Sometimes ppl are too quick to judge others egotistical when their lack of attention to others could be due to crippling low self-esteem.
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been thinking about this a lot recently. Have come across extremely egotistical ppl but realised it was due to low self esteem
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Ah! The same realisation as me. It's significant, isn't it? Makes you more focused on helping than condemning?
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absolutely! The way you perceive and respond to it just shifts completely
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I'd say it also depends on whether the self-absorbed person is in the presence of suffering worth paying attention to.
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Absolutely. I was going to go on to say that the 'experience' of either by others might not register this distinction.
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The family of an egotistical or self-doubting person might be equally neglected or even more so by the latter.
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But from the perspective of condemnation, I think we need more charity & not to dismiss all self-absorbed people as egotists.
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I agree with everything so far but I also think we should ideally be forgiving of egotists, even though it'd hard to do.
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They probably can't help it either when it comes down to it, no.
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Yeah, people's behavior is ultimately based on luck. They may be able to help it, but whether they want to or not is luck
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Yep. However, going to the ultimate ends all conversations on behaviour, values, ethics etc & we still need those.
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