All of us go through events in our social lives where we fear being negatively judged by others. Here’s how to let go of negative judgments and move on quicker….
The “Us vs. Them” mentality stems from our evolutionary need to belong to a group, but studies show it can lead to irrational group favoritism, which ends up dividing society instead of bringing us together….
We often have an extreme fear of disapproval from others. This can often be driven by our evolutionary history (in the past, we depended on social approval from members of our tribe in order to survive), as well as social conditioning at a young age (from our parents and schools). Maslow’s “hierarchy of needs” defines...