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Make things better by making better things.
“I have a temper.”
“I’m overweight.”
“I am passive aggressive.”
Whatever label we struggle with, we are not serving ourselves if we can’t overcome our weaknesses. And often, these weaknesses are only in the context of 21st-century capitalism.
Most of this stuff wasn’t in the language a few hundred years ago, especially when it comes to mental health. That’s not necessarily a bad thing.
But we can’t pass judgment while at the same time shortcutting the context, ignoring the specific triggers, and minimizing the pressures of our modern world. The problem doesn’t always lie in ourselves to change but in the unrealistic expectations of the culture we have built.
Is that same person angry, overweight, passive-aggressive, etc., in different circumstances? Yes. Undoubtedly, if you change the formula, you can change the behavior. We are so much more alike than we realize. And if you are going to put someone else on the pedal stool, we are highlighting the things we wish we could be. And if we are tearing down those around us, we might be struggling with that very thing we resent in ourselves.