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Old Oct 03, 2020, 05:12 PM
fern46 fern46 is offline
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I think everyone judges. We weigh what we witness as normal to us or different. It is natural analysis to do. When I see someone behaving in extremes I cannot not notice it and recognize it as such. We compare continually. There is no avoiding it. We ask each other here for our opinions all the time. We are essentially judging the degree of mental stability of one another.

I think the difference is there are those who can judge through a filter of empathy, compassion and understanding and those who look at difference as something to fear. There are those we are comfortable exposing our differences to and those we prefer to hide from. That's natural too as feeling 'naked' evokes a fairly visceral response in many people.

Everyone who comes in contact with me judges me in one way or another. I'm learning to be comfortable with that. I cannot control it and trying to live to other people's standards creates imbalance in my life. What matters to me is how I judge myself. I grow and change and refine my system for analysis and judgement all the time. I try not to view the process as a negative one as it is the method through which I evolve. I am trying to be ok being 'naked' with myself. In turn, I find it helps me to have more empathy, compassion and understanding for others.
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