Ever notice people who criticize other's looks usually have the most faults themselves?

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This question came from a Y! Answers Questioner who is constantly criticizing her friends and family-according to her past questions and she is now criticizing those who criticize! How effed up is that?What do you think of that? Here are the details of her question above...

I answered a question from a girl who says people laugh at her big feet. I hear people call others fat, hairy, ugly in general. They make fun of other's hair, clothes, critisize their decorating, etc. They even say their kids are ugly. I know someone like this. Ever notice these people are usually full of faults themselves, emotional as well as physical? Even worse than those they critisize. Do you think they critisize others to divert attention away from their own faults and to make themselves feel better about their own defects, which are many?

Answer 1

Of course. Those people have low self-esteem and their way of dealing with it is to put down others.
It really stems from a highly competitive nature, and when you don't feel you measure up yourself, you tend to try to tear others down to compensate for it.


Just for the record: I have lots of faults, My house isn't perfect, I'm not the perfect decorator, or the perfect mother, or the perfect anything,
but I never criticize how other look, what they possess or especially how their kids look!-omg that's so mean.

But then again, I attribute that to not being very competitive.

Answer 2

I agree with this to an extent. I actually have a friend who is (slightly) less than perfect. She has this habit of criticizing others looks when I am around. I often do not respond because her remarks send my mind spiraling through a series of her imperfections that I have noted. It seems like a self-defeating act because if I were insecure about my appearance I would consciously refrain from saying anything that will draw attention to my own imperfections.

Answer 3

Yes, that's typical. Putting other people down to make themselves feel better. Those sorts of people need work a few times per week with a therapist.

Answer 4

people who critisise others are usually full of doubts and fears about themselves, and by doing this it makes them feel better. i've observed that with some of the critical people i know, when they are going through a 'good' phase in themselves they are less critical of others but the worse they feel about themselves the more critical they get.

Answer 5

Yes they do... Their insecure about the selves. They think. If they criticize others.. People won't notice their fought.

Answer 6

Not necessarily. Some people are just more aware of surface things.

Answer 7

Everyone and i mean everyone has faults, some are jealous that other people have better faults than them