Hinsoog
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- MBTI
- INFP
"I hate people!" It's something I hear all of the time from a wide variety of people, most of which are coworkers. I suspect that almost everyone can relate to it or have heard many people mutter it. I often search myself and them for exactly where the statement comes from. Obviously, on a topical level it's always easy to spot. In customer service-related jobs you occasionally take in every sort of foul attitude and unwholesome character, and so on some days the less idyllic just sort of builds up and feels cumbersome.
I always have to dig deeper though. What is happening in them when they say it? I suspect that sometimes it is a topical annoyance. But other times, I think there is something about "people" that they didn't want to relate to... That, on some level, they know these loathsome qualities connect right back to them... People's neediness, people's lies, people's carelessness, people's ego, people's pettiness...
I know what it means for me... "I hate people" isn't topical. Many people have occasions where their perspectives get a little more morbid and cynical and then, like a state of mind, it simply passes. I try hold my cynicism a lot closer, and have it basically integrated even into my happiest states. I think that people are filthy animals, animals that have the added grossness of reinforcing an ego in whatever petty way that they possibly can. Many people have a fortress built to maintain the sanctity of their ego, and lie to themselves regularly. I think that on some level, I relate to the need of building a convoluted fortress to protect myself, to feed myself my own propoganda, but I don't bury it, I want to be hyper conscious of it, and then don't tolerate it. If I find the "human animal" in myself from thorough introspection, with at least a distant scent of the filthy air that I have become familiar with, I am deeply repulsed. I then need to see it clearly, and aspire never to lie to myself, and, if possible, to see if my vantage point can place me in a more genuine and ideal space......
Anyway, I'll stop myself there for now. I want to hear your thoughts on where you think it comes from. What is happening inside of people when they say "I hate people...."? Or better yet, what does it mean for yourself?
I always have to dig deeper though. What is happening in them when they say it? I suspect that sometimes it is a topical annoyance. But other times, I think there is something about "people" that they didn't want to relate to... That, on some level, they know these loathsome qualities connect right back to them... People's neediness, people's lies, people's carelessness, people's ego, people's pettiness...
I know what it means for me... "I hate people" isn't topical. Many people have occasions where their perspectives get a little more morbid and cynical and then, like a state of mind, it simply passes. I try hold my cynicism a lot closer, and have it basically integrated even into my happiest states. I think that people are filthy animals, animals that have the added grossness of reinforcing an ego in whatever petty way that they possibly can. Many people have a fortress built to maintain the sanctity of their ego, and lie to themselves regularly. I think that on some level, I relate to the need of building a convoluted fortress to protect myself, to feed myself my own propoganda, but I don't bury it, I want to be hyper conscious of it, and then don't tolerate it. If I find the "human animal" in myself from thorough introspection, with at least a distant scent of the filthy air that I have become familiar with, I am deeply repulsed. I then need to see it clearly, and aspire never to lie to myself, and, if possible, to see if my vantage point can place me in a more genuine and ideal space......
Anyway, I'll stop myself there for now. I want to hear your thoughts on where you think it comes from. What is happening inside of people when they say "I hate people...."? Or better yet, what does it mean for yourself?
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