6 Signs Your Ego Is Controlling Your Life

What exactly is an "ego"? The identity that our minds create about ourselves can be described as our “ego”, which is the translation for “I” or “me” in Latin. Being confident in yourselves and your skills are great, but being overconfident causes people to have very large egos. Large egos can easily get in the way of your relationships, both on a personal and a business level. Here are a few signs you're letting your ego control your life without realizing it.

Disclaimer: If you can relate to any of these signs, please do not take this feedback as an attack on your character. This video was meant to be a self-improvement guide for those of you who have been feeling a little stuck.



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[lyonidus]

Parents: *You have to be confident!*

Friends: *You have such a big ego*

Me: _visible confusion_

[Ray-crwg]

another sign of developing a large ego: low self esteem. many people with low self esteem develop egos despite hating themselves, because they need to defend their emotions. learning how to accept yourself does far more than hating yourself

[trylius]

0:58 you always have to be right
1:38 you always want more
2:22 you only focus on yourself
3:10 you don’t like it when other people succeed
3:45 you set unrealistic goals
4:43 you lack empathy

[amycuaresma]

Ego says, ‘Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace.’ Spirit says, ‘Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place

[ComicalRealm]

"Ego is not your amigo." - Scrooge McDuck

[highliving-animatedvideos]

Ego is false confidence, self-respect is true confidence.

When the ego dies, the soul awakes.

[Cor]

This video really hit close to home. I struggle a lot with ego. The reason is because I use ego (or maybe ego uses me idk) to make myself feel better and to hide my insecurities. It's cowardly, and I know it. I really want to be able to love myself fully and stop hiding behind ego.

[nooneasked]

Thanks to you, I learned that I'm not an egoist, I'm honest🙃😄

[Shubhamitabanerjee]

Except that part of not liking when other ppl succeed, everything else is you always knew deep inside that my thought process is wrong but could never face myself....thank you

[lonewolfnergiganos]

Psych2go: makes a video.

Sadness and depression: why do I hear boss music?

[spiritualelement]

I have low self esteem and one of the couple reasons I struggle raising it because I’m afraid of being arrogant just like my sister and I don’t want to be like her. Arrogance is one of the top traits I wouldn’t want to be around

[ShanBojack]

"I'm worse than everyone else" or "everyone else is better than me" but I never thought like "I'm better than everyone else"

[jerrythetriangle]

Ah yes finally a good video to watch while suffering

[coldbrewserotonin]

The biggest sign for me that I strugglenwith controlling my ego is that I sense egotistic behavior in everyone around me and despise it. It bugs me so much when others make identity-centered decisions and make everything abiut themselves. But what you hate in others is usually something you hate yourself for. Liberating yourself from your ego is a long and hard process but I think we can get there. At least I hope we can.

[Psychgo]

How's your day going so far? Quick disclaimer: If you can relate to any of these signs, please do not take this feedback as an attack on your character.

[datboi]

1. you always have to be right 0:57
2. you always want more 1:38
3. you only focus on yourself 2:21
4. you don't like it when other people succeed 3:10
5. you set unrealistic goals 3:45
6. you lack empathy 4:44
I hope I could help!

[Fryni]

I realised that my ego is controlling my life... this is toxic. Thank you for letting us know😄

[ShortHax]

Just say big ego, small d, it’ll phase all the big bois

[michaellemmen]

I have ego problems… and they have become more covert as I’ve gotten older. For instance, I think I am ‘better’ than other because I don’t care about ‘material’ things or success in the traditional sense. I am 27 now and realizing how badly this mindset has affected me. Trying to get better currently but it’s difficult.

[nakshatramusic]

Never let you ego take over you. You are stronger than you think, and are bigger than all your problems combined. Have a good day