Labels are the most common and fastest way to get an idea of the nature of what awaits us and to do so, in addition, simple, in that sense can be very useful tools.
However, tagging people or tagging you is assigning traits and features that can be very negative, whether true or not.
In some circumstances, they can help, but in most cases they simply categorize someone without much precision.
For example, characteristics that the person probably does not possess simply because of their identification with certain tags are assigned, and even if the person actually has these characteristics, they should not be labeled.
Despite the need to use names to categorize behaviors, it is necessary to consider what tags judge.
They are based on stereotypes and generally lead to the development of a role that often does not adapt to the nature of the person. ‘Lazy’, ‘Bad Influence’, ‘Slow’, etc. Here are some of the many features that can be imposed.
Many of these labels are placed at a very young age, are bad in childhood, but it is in adolescence that this phenomenon can significantly hinder growth.
In addition, they are often the result of projections and needs of parents and educators. Therefore, they reflect their own weaknesses, but also their lack of knowledge and ability to care for children in critical stages of their development.
The result is that some people can internalize labels and behave according to ‘what is expected of them’, even outside the context in which they were given the label, attributing to them characteristics that lead to the development of attitudes that have nothing to do with them.
These attitudes, especially the most negative ones, significantly affect self-esteem, self-care and motivation.
Tags can lead people to take on roles and incorporate them as their own, even if they have little or no real, even when they are positive, they can generate a lot of stress and anxiety from the expectations that come with it.
We judge and end up assigning a number of characteristics to others because it often makes our lives easier, but these labels, in many cases, are mere unfounded subjective opinions and judgments.
Labels shape us like people. It is possible that we all had a moment of weakness without this weakness defining us, so the labels go the other way, because they become there?
They identify others as selfish or generous, intelligent or stupid, that is, that we are more or less intelligent, more or less generous, often depends on the circumstances and generosity of the eyes that judge us.
Let us try to imagine the opposite: when we are labeled as strong people, it is, in principle, a positive and desirable label. Be careful, however, as this can make us judge ourselves or others in a moment of weakness.
Qualifying as strong people also means, in part, depriving ourselves of those moments of weakness and forcing us to remain strong in all circumstances, the result is a responsibility and expectations of our own and others difficult to fulfill.
The process of refurbishing and overcoming labels certainly requires an internal work that is done with the recognition of these labels that harm us and no longer serve us.
An analysis of self-concept is needed in search of those characteristics with which we live and which we adapt little to reality. On the other hand, if they adapt, it is often easier to change reality than the label.
The process also involves developing anti-label statements and reviewing our attitudes to demonstrate that our provision is consistent with the new configuration we aspire to.
So, are you looking forward to this trip to check the labels in your daily life?