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Do you live on the set of Mean Girls? But me, most people are spending their energy trying to get by, with no time for junior high school drama conspiracies. Ma
by gowld 7y ago
Do you live on the set of Mean Girls? But me, most people are spending their energy trying to get by, with no time for junior high school drama conspiracies. Maybe I'm too useless to be socially manipulated.
- tomc1985 7y agoI agree with this. It's like classifying by alpha/beta/gamma personalities -- a false comfort, as people are rarely so simple
- keenmaster 7y agoPeople are indeed complex. The first type of person described specifically is rare, but what is more common is a dangerous combination of aggressiveness and charm. Tying back to the OP, I think an internal monologue is valuable. If you don’t have one, that’s out of your control. However, I think it encourages pro-social behavior on the margins. Using your internal voice is quite literally introspection. It can make you feel bad about a potential course of action, preventing you from doing it. It can also make you feel worse about something bad you did, by replaying it in your head. Too much of that can bog you down, but I think it’s an important part of the self-policing toolset. I believe reflective people are more trustworthy (not that internal voice = reflection).
- rangibaby 7y agoAbusive people won’t bother you if they don’t see you as a mark for their games.
- locusofself 7y agoafter reading those personality profiles your comment cracked me up