Signs Your Ego Is Ruling Your Life
- By
Julia Austin
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Your ego wants you to stay stuck
Holcomb went a bit into how letting your ego rule your life prevents much emotional growth. Since the ego’s entire goal is to avoid pain, and pain is an inevitable part of personal growth, it’s easy to see how that happens. “Serving our ego hinders growth because it views anything that does not feel good or cannot be controlled as weakness from a place of abandonment and fear,” she says. “The ego is repulsed by rejection, whether that is due to low self-esteem, insecurities, or other sensitive issues that the individual may be in avoidance of. Ego would rather pretend an issue does not exist than to admit neglecting it or being able to improve.”
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