Ever wonder why you care so much about what other people think?
It turns out you have to care. It’s an evolutionary biological survival system.
So the advice “just stop caring about what other people think” might not be possible. But the degree to which we compare can be managed. The answer? Awareness. Mindfulness. Discussion.
Social media and marketing make it easy to compare ourselves negatively to others because it’s perfectly curated and while we “know” this our unconscious and biological systems don’t register that. This impacts everyone and everything in our lives.
The comparison and the negative thoughts threaten us and activate our nervous system. We need to be in a tribe to survive, and if we think don’t fit in we get scared.
Exclusion, perceived or real, feels like threat because it is.
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