Why Women are So Critical of Each Other & How We Can Change - Page 6
5. General Unhappiness– When we are distraught about stresses in our lives, it’s much easier to put someone else down, rather than focus on our issues. Since the playground in elementary school, we learn that saying something mean about someone will deflect our own insecurities by spotlighting somebody else’s flaws. Ideally, we’d learn our lesson when we are the target of these mean words; but unfortunately, it can actually fuel the fire. Anger, depression and self-loathing are common characteristics of a bully. The weakest people hide behind the harshest words.