Being judgmental is something that most of us instinctively know we shouldn’t do. It feels unkind, and we know in our heads that judging people based on their appearance or something they say isn’t a great way of getting to know them. But for some reason, for many of us, being judgmental comes really easily. Again, it’s not an area many of us would actively choose to excel in — but judging other people seems to be something that many of us get a real kick out of doing. Why are we so judgmental? How can we stop being so quick to judge others? Keep reading to find out more!
Why Am I So Judgmental?
As I look around me, I see people who have a lot of money, but they’re not happy. They’re not content. They’re sick of their lives and sick of their jobs. They’re angry, bitter, and frustrated at the world. They blame everyone else for what’s wrong with their lives but themselves.
Why Does It Feel So Good?
- When you’re having a bad day and you feel like the world is against you, writing in your journal can be an effective way to express your feelings.
- Writing in your journal also reminds you that YOU are more important than what other people are doing or saying.
- Writing down your feelings can help you to identify and understand how they may have come about so that you can take the necessary steps to improve your life.
- Writing about things that bother you helps you to see how those things are affecting other people around you and maybe even yourself too if it’s something that bothers or concerns someone else close to you.
- Writing in your journal can also help you to express and release emotions that have been building up inside of you.
- Writing about what bothers, concerns, or upsets you can help you to understand how your actions, words, and attitudes affect other people around you.
- Writing in your journal helps you to get all of your thoughts out on paper so that they can be reviewed and re-evaluated so that change may occur if necessary.
- Writing down the things that bother or concern you also helps you to see the big picture of things around you, which can help to keep life from being too overwhelming for you sometimes. are you to expose your true thoughts and feelings? It challenges you to be honest and open with yourself in a way that can help you to be more comfortable being who you really are.
- 9. Writing in your journal can help you to discover what makes you happy and content, what makes you sad and angry, what makes you feel good about yourself, and what makes others feel good about themselves.
- Writing in your journal helps to bring awareness of the things that are important to you so that they can become more important.
Why Is It So Hard To Stop Being Judgmental?
- You may be judging people for the wrong reasons. You may be doing it because you don’t like them, or because you envy them, or because you are jealous of them, or because you are insecure about yourself. Or maybe you just don’t like the way they look. Or maybe they make too much money, have a different style of dressing, or have a different accent. Whatever your reason is for being judgmental toward other people, it’s not a good reason!
- You may not understand what makes other people tick. You may think that they’re mean and nasty and cruel to others just to get what they want, when in reality that’s not true at all! You need to take the time to find out how other people feel about themselves and what motivates them to do the things that they do before you judge them so harshly. And even if they do something bad, you need to take the time to understand why they did it.
- You may be judging them for the wrong reasons. You may be doing it because you don’t like them, or because you envy them, or because you are jealous of them, or because you are insecure about yourself. Or maybe you just don’t like the way they look. Or maybe they make too much money, have a different style of dressing, or have a different accent. Whatever your reason is for being judgmental toward other people, it’s not a good reason!
- You may be judging people for the wrong reasons. You may be doing it because you don’t like them, or because you envy them, or because you are jealous of them, or because you are insecure about yourself. Or maybe you just don’t like the way they look. Or maybe they make too much money, have a different style of dressing, or have a different accent. e you don’t like them, or because you envy them, or because you are jealous of them, or because you are insecure about yourself. Or maybe you just don’t like the way they look. Or maybe they make too much money, have a different style of dressing, or have a different accent. Whatever your reason is for being judgmental toward other people, it’s not a good reason!
- You may be judging them for the wrong reasons. You may be doing it because you don’t like them, or because you envy them, or because you are jealous of them, or because you are insecure about yourself. Or maybe you just don’t like the way they look. Or maybe they make too much money, have a different style of dressing, or have a different accent. Whatever your reason is for being judgmental toward other people, it’s not a good reason!
- You may be judging people for the wrong reasons. You may be doing they have a different style of dressing or have a different accent. Whatever your reason is for being judgmental toward other people, it’s not a good reason!
- You may be too hard on yourself. You may be so critical of yourself that you drive yourself to the point where you don’t want to go on living. Sometimes people judge themselves more than they ever judge others, and that kind of self-judgment is a surefire method for driving them to the edge of suicide!
- You may not understand what makes other people tick. You may think that they’re mean and nasty and cruel to others just to get what they want, when in reality that’s not true at all! You need to take the time to find out how other people feel about themselves and what motivates them to do the things that they do before you judge them so harshly. And even if they do something bad, they’re not like you. You may be doing it because you don’t understand them or what they’re going through. You may be judging them because they are different from you.
Steps To Stop Being So Judgmental
- Learn to listen.
- Learn to understand the other person’s point of view.
- Learn to trust your intuition when it tells you that something is wrong or that there is something not right with a person or situation.
- Look for the good in people, situations, and things, and don’t judge them on their appearance, their clothes, their hairstyle, their body language, or anything else that tells you who they are on the outside. Look for what’s good about them inside and what’s not good about them inside. Don’t judge them on how they look, how much money they have, how famous they are, or anything else that reminds you of their outside appearance rather than their inside character.
- Understand that no one can really know another person’s inner character; it is only what other people tell us about someone based on the way we perceive them from the outside without any regard for who those people really are on the inside at all.
Bottom Line
Judging others is something that comes really naturally to many of us. It’s a way of quickly forming an opinion, sizing someone up, and categorizing them as good or bad, safe or dangerous, smart or silly — basically, judging someone is a way of getting to know them and protecting ourselves from potential threats. For most people, the solution to reducing their judging is to actively try to make an effort to stop judging others. It’s a matter of actively trying to prevent yourself from thinking something like, “This person is wearing an ugly dress,” or, “They’ve just said something really dumb.