Do you hide behind your bad behavior

Kristin Barton Cuthriell writes:

Do you hide behind your bad behavior?

Here is the thing. Most of us have no idea that we are hiding behind our bad behavior because we refuse to admit to ourselves that we are doing anything wrong. If we were to acknowledge our undesirable actions, we would feel guilty (which we don’t want to feel), or we would have to change (which we don’t want to do).

No, we want to continue doing whatever it is that we do- guilt free.

So if deep deep down, or even not so deep down, we know that what we are doing is wrong, how do we keep doing it without feeling guilty?  We use our defenses.  Yes, we find ways to defend our bad behaviors to others and to ourselves. As long as we can make it “not so bad”, then all is good. Or so we think.

We all use defenses to a certain extent.  See if you recognize any of the following as your defenses.

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