#competence-and-identity

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6 days ago

Psychology says the reason some people become extremely competent but quietly resentful is that they were rewarded for capability so early that they never learned the difference between being needed and being loved - Silicon Canals

Childhood patterns of being valued for competence rather than inherent worth create adults who confuse their value with their usefulness, leading to invisible emotional erosion despite external success.
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