Back in high school I had this psychology teacher, Dr Brown, who come to think of it shared a LOT of traits with one of my psych profs in Unviersity… but anyways… this guy was far from winning bestest teacher of the year. His lectures were dry, the information he gave us was contradictory (if it made any sense at all), and his tests were complete disasters every. single. time. But - what he did do that was pretty awesome was he’d open every class with recent study or random fact. It kept the class somewhat relevant and at least that part was interesting. I don’t remember much from his classes, but there’s one study that has stuck with me as being remarkably cynical and bitter (fitting, really). It creeps up every now and then, and has really been hanging around throught this challenge.
The theory goes that we get into relationships with people (of any degree and variation) because we want or need something from them and vice versa. I remember sitting in class, hearing this and thinking ‘wow, that’s incredibly sad and bitter.’ But even now, years later, I can’t help but wonder if it’s true. Do we only associate with people we can benefit from being around in some way? Is this a bad thing? And in light of this challenge - can we maybe take some steps to reduce this reliance and needing from other people and share their company just because.
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