Egoism definition
An egotistic person neither admits his mistakes nor apologizes for his mistakes.
Such a person is not ready to bow down to anyone, whether he is right or wrong in a matter. He considers himself the highest and most worthy.
In some people, this trait becomes so severe that it can develop into a mental disorder called Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).
If his opinion on a matter is not agreed with, he makes it an ego issue. He ignores the depth of the matter and simply thinks that since my opinion has been rejected, I have no importance.
It is also interesting to note that in many cases, a person with egoism suffers the most because of his egoism.
Effects of egoism and hypocrisy on relationships
Ugly thinking like egoism is destructive to any relationship. Such a person considers himself extremely intelligent and wise, considers it his privilege to reject everyone’s opinions, due to which it is extremely difficult and patience-consuming to maintain any relationship with such a person.
An egotistical person constantly wants praise and attention. He is always concerned about his own praise and admiration, due to which, although all relevant relationships are troubled by people with such thinking, the relationship that is most affected is that of a life partner.
In fact, the behavior of such an individual destroys the sweetness and love in the relationship and relatives like brothers, sisters, cousins, friends, etc., are forced to keep a certain distance. But when it comes to a partner, it is obvious that this is not possible.
Unbalanced relationship: due to constant insistence on one’s own opinion and rejection of every opinion of the partner, his relationship with his partner becomes severely unbalanced and colorless and odorless.
Emotional abuse: An egotistical person becomes indifferent to the feelings and emotions of others. It is said that a person devoid of emotions is a stone. Such people become as stone as a rocky mountain; they do not care about the impact their behavior will have on the other person.
Through arguments and quarrels: denial of their own obvious mistakes, and always blaming their partner, such a person has no qualms about making their partner suspicious. As a result, the other person tolerates these actions for as long as they can.
Due to giving too much importance to some very minor dispute, sometimes the situation reaches the point of rudeness and quarrel, and in extreme cases, the matter goes beyond a fight and reaches the point of beating or violence, which is a very regrettable situation.
Lack of communication: Such a person does not hesitate to end the conversation in case of disagreement and breaks off the conversation completely. He does not try to restart the conversation himself and wants the partner to take the initiative to speak.
Even if the person himself is at fault, he is still hesitant to initiate a conversation. This kind of communication gap and delay in making things right and misunderstandings make matters more complicated.
An egotistical person feels a strange sense of relief and intoxication when he looks down on his partner during any conflict.
Far from empathy: Instead of listening, understanding, and trying to solve the partner’s pain and distress, an egoistic person becomes indifferent because the element of empathy for the partner gradually decreases in such a person.
Due to these problems, situations arise in which the relationship between life partners is not one of love and affection, but rather both just spend time together. Like two banks of a river that appear separate from each other but are together.
Due to severe emotional abuse: there comes a time when the relationship between the two reaches a point where separation is left as the only solution. We see some people staying in a relationship for many years, 20 or even more, but despite spending so much time together, they are forced to separate because both of them run out of patience.
Not admitting mistakes. A person with an egoistic attitude destroys all the happiness in his partner’s life. Such a person thinks only about himself and does not care about the feelings and emotions of others.
Due to egoism the partner becomes unable to be happy with him and he starts suffocating inside, which leads to various physical and mental problems.
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