The feeling of being misunderstood

It happened quite often in the past. I often explained something abstract. In the end, the other person only took those things that fit their own concept. Then they would change my message according to their own interpretation. Sometimes, they even reacted aggressively against me because of this interpretation. Because we had a different knowledge base and experience about the same thing.

And because I was trying to explain a vision.

I had a huge problem with this in the past. Sometimes I would try to explain again and again, in a different way. Most of the time I just gave up.

At one point I felt insulted and disappointed with others and stopped explaining altogether. I just closed myself.

Then the real question arose: why do I have to explain at all? This question changed my thinking. Now I mostly do. And from others who work with me I simply demand. Without explaining why. When someone asks why, they really care and I explain to them. The rest people just don’t care. If they have a problem with my actions, instead of asking me why, they decide that I am stupid. They do this because they judge my actions without understanding them. Because my actions do not meet their expectations. Oversimplification of possible reasoning is already everywhere, and people do not like to think deeply. Nor do they have time for it for fear of missing out on some superficial experience.

This seems to be related to the feeling that the world is becoming more complex. People are also becoming more superficial.


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