Why do we nag?
Is it the echo of the parents
who remain in the unconscious?
Is it a rod of invisible words?
Why do we dislike nagging?
Is the brain so sensitive?
Is nagging an invitation to keep getting smaller?
Does it mean to be infinitely humble?
How do you feel when someone keeps nagging? In general, we
feel bad and hurt when someone continues nagging. Little by little, nagging
builds up barriers in our hearts. When the heart is closed, human relationships
become unstable.
Is nagging an expression of love and concern? Does it express
repressed anger or a sense of false superiority?
According to some dictionaries, nagging is defined as
continually and persistently finding fault, complaining, criticizing,
irritating, scolding, annoying, or worrying. Nagging causes continual or
recurring worry, anxiety, pain and discomfort.
Nagging is an unpleasant feeling that continues for a long
period of time. Nagging is habitual talk that is often useless, repeated, and
exaggerated.
All of us know that nobody is perfect. So then, why do some
people keep nagging?
When I have to listen to a person who nags often, much inner
power of patience, self-control, and silence are needed so as not to respond
emotionally or impulsively. In many ways, I think nagging is a negative and
undesirable habit that should be overcome, even where much effort is required.
According to some psychoanalysts, nagging is a kind of
narcissism. People who nag think they are superior to others; feel that they
are absolutely right, which is not true at all. People nag because of their
sense of restlessness and anxiety. They nag because they are afraid that others
will not understand the situation well. So, such people become obsessive about
letting others know perfectly and they try to emphasize the meaning. Aging also
causes one to nag.
Psychologically, it is said that a person nags continuously
when he or she has grown up in a family whose parents often nag their children.
Such habitual nagging is inadvertently handed down to their kids.
Without much effort, nagging has a bad effect on others.
Furthermore, when one doesn’t control his or her emotion, nagging might become
a command, ferocious expression, and aggressive comments. As a result, nagging
causes interference, control, demand, restraint, repulsion, and defense.
The most representative form of nagging would be telling a
person to study. Mothers are inclined to keep telling their children to study.
However, even though studying is a must, children don’t like to hear this kind
of nagging due to the instinctive or impulsive reaction of the brain.
The brain reacts well to something new, creative and
intriguing. Naturally, it concentrates well on new and unexpected information,
but it shows a nervous response to what the mind has already learned, stored
and expects. Thus, when someone talks about these things in the psyche, when we
bind to behavior that we know already but we don’t practice, and when we hurt
our self-esteem by saying we don’t sufficiently understand, our brains respond
nervously and sensitively. That’s why we dislike nagging.
Before nagging, why don’t we take a deep breath, take a walk,
and be a bit more patient? Instead of confronting somebody immediately, why
don’t we reflect in silence for a while and show that person some
understanding?
The Korea Times/ Thoughts of the Times/ Feb. 6 (online), 7 (offline), 2022
잔소리
우리는 왜 잔소리를 할까?
무의식 속에 남아있는 부모의 반향인가?
보이지 않는 말들의 채찍인가?
우리는 왜 잔소리를 싫어할까?
뇌는 그토록 예민한가?
잔소리는 끊임없이 작아지라는 초대인가?
한없이 겸손하라는 뜻인가?
누군가 끊임없이 잔소리할 때 어떤 기분이 드는가? 누군가 계속 잔소리를 하면 대개는 기분이 좋지 않으며 마음이 상한다. 조금씩
조금씩 잔소리는 우리 마음에 벽을 쌓으며, 마음이 닫히면 인간관계가 흔들거린다.
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