QUIT COMPLAINING AND DO SOMETHING POSITIVE with Ed Robinson

Are You Obsessed with Complaining?

Do you excessively complain about things? Do you complain when things go wrong, about your personal feelings and experiences, or about people’s decisions, behavior, and actions?

Do your complaints make you feel better about yourself or about the situation? Typically, the answer is “yes” they do. Complaints make us feel better because we often use them as a coping mechanism to help us deal with unpleasant and unwanted circumstances.

When we complain we are effectively attempting to seek validation from our peers. What this essentially means is that we are trying to get their agreement and sympathy in the hope that it will help us to deal with the pain and discomfort we are experiencing. However, complaining is rarely the answer to solving our problems, in fact, it’s often the most direct path to living a life of excuses where we simply choose not to take responsibility and choose instead to persistently play the victim card.