Feeling irritated by the small things others do?

I don’t know about you…but I often feel irritated by the small things others do or don’t do. To give you a few examples, think about roommates not doing dishes, making beds, keeping tidy, or more generally picking up their clutter.  Of course, each one of us adamantly refuses to believe that they would NEVER do such a thing.  I’ve come to the conclusion that the things that bug us most about other people are usually the things that we need to fix in ourselves and our very own personal lives.  Anybody else think this way?  Carl Jung did…

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” – Carl Jung

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  • Jodeme23

    Jung’s quote does not mean what we find irritates about other people have to do with those things we do ourselves. I take the quote to mean that when we find ourselves irritated about a situation it, those feelings can show us a lot about who we are. For instance, I live with my brother and sister and I find that when they do something that irritates me I start doubting my decision to let them stay with me. It doesn’t matter what they did, it’s about how I feel internally about the situation. I learn that I’m quick to doubt when I’m irritated about something I chose to do.