Mental health myth – Social contracts

People will have no reason to remind you about what they’ve done for you if they felt appreciated by you.

This popular meme encourages a selfish view of life and convinces us that we’re victims of manipulation rather than giving us reason to question if/how we may have wronged someone, or taken them for granted.

If this meme were true, then every parent who sacrifices their own joys and advancement in life for the benefit of their children will have no right to feel betrayed if they’re neglected by their children later in life.

It’s become fashionable to write people off just because we’re not getting what we need or want from them.

The fact that we feel entitled regardless of what they’re going through is often ignored.

But the circle of life is such that what we judge others about today, will meet us as a test under very different circumstances tomorrow.

When you write people off because of what they complain about regarding feeling hurt or betrayed by your actions towards them, you will remember them when someone you are convinced will always have your back turns around and walks away from you because they want something from life that they can’t get from you.

When someone says ‘after all I’ve done…’, step back, dismount your high horse, and consider why they may be feeling betrayed or used instead of getting defensive and assuming that they’re toxic.

How you respond to someone in their moment of duress is a reflection of who you are, and what you need from them.

That’s why abandoning family ties, cutting off parents, demanding divorce, and breaking social bonds has grown to define our self-care routine.

When we stop needing others, they become optional while we think it’s our right to live our best life regardless of their contribution towards getting us through our worst times when they could have been living their best life.

Be careful what advice you take from the Internet.

You could end up living your best life, alone.

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