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Mhm... I wonder what is the acceptable threshold for that, which once you cross you actually become the person with unacceptably low level of self confidence.
by majkinetor 8y ago
Mhm...
I wonder what is the acceptable threshold for that, which once you cross you actually become the person with unacceptably low level of self confidence.
In animal world, losing a battle has long lasting detrimental effects on self confidence and accepting subordinate status is often the end result. It probably applies to humans as well in some measure.
That might mean there is either a threshold or milestone events which can turn the 'lose and you'll win' into 'lose and you'll more likely lose in the future'.
It might be that humans have many competitive domains, unlike animals, where each loser can start it again from the 0 and start rebuilding confidence.
- eswat 8y ago> In animal world, losing a battle has long lasting detrimental effects on self confidence and accepting subordinate status is often the end result. It probably applies to humans as well in some measure. We were in the same boat for a long time. But many of us have been long in an era where making mistakes is far less costly. But it’s also very difficult for the animalistic part of our brains to realize this and the threshold of failure seems far lower because of this.
- Zanni 8y agoIt may be just a matter of framing. That's one huge advantage people have over animals. If you don't view the loss as a loss but as a necessary step to winning, does it have the same psychological and physiological effect?