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A sense of inadequacy, jealousy, arrogance and adrenaline are likely interrelated. You don't feel jealous because someone else has something. You feel jealous
by DoreenMichele 5y ago
A sense of inadequacy, jealousy, arrogance and adrenaline are likely interrelated.
You don't feel jealous because someone else has something. You feel jealous because of what you lack.
Arrogance is often a cover up for self esteem issues. Adrenaline suggests a fear that you won't be able to rise to the occasion.
Not everyone will experience that to that degree when in charge. Though we do have the saying "It's lonely at the top" so I fully believe that part is very much the norm.
- Zababa 5y ago> Though we do have the saying "It's lonely at the top" I wonder, is it because it's more lonely at the "top" than at the "bottom", or because people expect the "top" to be less lonely than the "bottom"?
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- jonas21 5y agoIt's a natural property of the pyramidal structure of most organizations. At the bottom, there are many people in a similar situation to sympathize with, but at the top, there is only one CEO.
- simonswords82 5y agoSuper insightful. Do you have a background in psychology or just good at joining the dots on human emotion?
- DoreenMichele 5y agoI've had intro to psych and a social psychology class in college, plus other classes with a psych component. I also spent years in therapy and was a full-time mom raising special-needs kids for two decades and attended unaccredited classes to help me parent them. My very "aspie" kids needed a lot of social/emotional stuff explained to them and it had to meet a pretty high bar. They are too literal for the usual explanations to work well.
- simonswords82 5y agoYour kids are lucky to have such a switched on hard working Mum. Keep up the good work :)