10 Signs of People Who Will Project Their Insecurities Onto You

#7. They’ll always assert their power over you

Insecure people have the highest egos.

If they don’t feel like they are enough, they do everything in their power to project those insecurities onto you. It’s up to us to spot those people right away and avoid them. To do that, we need to figure out the horrible qualities they have.

So let’s open up the wound even further, shall we?

Here are 10 signs of people who project their insecurities onto you.

1. They don’t have a way out — These people feel as if the world is against them. They’ve dug themselves into an abyss with no way out. They terrorize other people with hopes and dreams to prevent them from escaping the darkness they’ve known for so long.
2. They get angry easily — When people are too afraid to explore their own identity, they get pissed at the world. They yell. They kick. Violence is the only way they can get their frustrations with themselves into the open.
3. They make everything about them — You can tell these people some really great news like your mommy surviving cancer, yet they always make themselves the main topic. They tell you how they’re still down in the dumps and they need your help. The good news doesn’t matter to them unless it’s their good news.
4. They don’t want to know how to do better — These people beg and plead for advice but never follow it once they get it. They can have the biggest sob story of all time, yet they never put the information into action. You become a broken record to these people. You’re their personal mentor for their consolidation.
5. They’ll never apologize to you — Apologies are overrated for these people. They view you as their servant. Anything that goes wrong is your fault. It’ll take years before they think about apologizing to you.
6. They discourage you from self-growth — Everything you are is a reflection of everything this person wishes they could be. They want to punch the mirror. They revel in your digression. If they can’t make it to the promised land, no one can. They’re easily threatened.
7. They’ll always assert their power over you — These people already have no power, so any sliver of power they achieve will be used to spite you. I was “friends” with a supervisor at my job. Any time I did the slightest thing wrong, she punished me for it — and never told me how to fix it. That position was barely a rung up from a regular worker.
8. Their humility is nonexistent — Humility will get you far in life. It’s one of the most important traits a person can have. It teaches you to respect others, no matter who they are. These people lack an ounce of humility. They disrespect everyone they come in contact with, even if it’s subtle.
9. They complain about everything — People who complain have the worst karma coming to them. They aren’t ready to take responsibility for their actions. They’d rather live in a lie and convince themselves that the system is against them. People who project their insecurities onto you will drop their baggage of complaints on anyone who will listen.
10. They buy expensive things for pleasure — We all buy expensive things, but these people take it to the next level. When they get a little bit of money, trust and believe they’ll flaunt it everywhere they go. They’ll make a fantasy in their head that they’ve grown more than you. When in reality, they’re digressing into bankruptcy.

Final Thought

Never let others project their insecurities onto you.

You’ll find yourself in a toxic relationship soon. Don’t allow them to stifle your self-growth. Take these ten signs as the ten commandments and avoid these troublemakers at all costs.

Seriously, they’re a fucking headache.

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