Has Character Analysis Gone Too Far?

Sometimes we unconsciously look silly in analyzing someone else. It can get really funny from an outside perspective, but even funnier from that character’s perspective.

Or a devastating anxiety that curls your mind and puts you in a completely mind-boggling situation, and then you freak out.

Character analysis is funny. It tries to understand a person better but the mere act of doing it is making it almost impossible to know the real person.

That sharp, pointy, observant behaviour towards another person (or some are really good at it) alone would destroy any chance of knowing that person better, period.

Watching a person from a distance can make that person uncomfortable or even show off, both of which will ruin your chance of knowing the true version of that person.

I mean, some say, “The ability to not show off even when you know someone is watching you by itself will make you promising blah, blah, blah, …” but whatever! Most people boil down to acting and then there is zero chance remaining for you to know the real person.

Yeah, most people are aware of the above, but what is the real problem??

The real problem with character analysis is misunderstanding and, thereby, disappointment due to expectations.

Let me explain.

Firstly, you don’t try to know someone better without any expectations. We all know this.

The problem with these expectations is that it is perceived in the wrong way.

Whenever you try to know someone deeper intentionally, it naturally gets weird.

This weirdness is what makes intentional character analysis meaningless.

People can sense energy, and those people (whom the analysis is shed on) too can sense energy; they can feel artificial and unnatural energy, which directly slams down the entire scope of the analysis.

Every time you ask someone a question, you draw an imaginary boundary in your mind about that person which you assume that the other person follows.

And when that person chooses to go beyond that boundary, if he or she pleases, it freaks you out because it is not what you expected.

It doesn’t fit into the canvas you have drawn about that person, i.e., you are trying to draw your painting on someone else’s canvas.

This is what creates the expectations and, thereby, the disappointments.

Since this publication, The Mindset has been dedicated to helping people achieve mental growth, heal faster, get hurt less, and live happier; one of the best lessons you can learn to not get hurt is to try not to draw on someone else’s canvas.

A similar thing happens in interviews. Every time we ask a question to a person, we draw a boundary line in our imaginary canvas about that person in our head.

This is completely unhealthy and can lead to misunderstandings and disappointments.

The main takeaway of this post is about how to get hurt less.

Not trying to draw on someone else canvas is a meaningful lesson to learn which can avoid many heart-breaks and disappointments.

That’s it, guys; I hope you learned something meaningful today!

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