On a related note, our obsessive need to be “right” and prove that others are “wrong” can cause suffering in us and others. Many people would rather die than apologize for being wrong just to protect their ego. Similarly, we will often fight tooth and nail to defend our pride or honor. Our ego can blind us to what is right and good as it distorts reality to serve its needs.
The mere thought of losing anything with which we identify can create an existential threat to our ego. That is, we actually haven’t suffered from a loss of anything, *but imagining we could lose something to which our egos have attached causes us to [suffer as if that feared event had happened]
For example, we suffer when we imagine that someone might take away our freedom.
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How do you think I feel?
I’m right all the time without even trying.
I actually have to try harder to be wrong, and even when I am, nobody can tell. Especially when they think they can tell.
Remember that time you posted the fake Mark Twain quote? I could have let it slide but my better honest nature said “fuck that”.
That’s not ego. That’s my Id.