Self expansion refers to a person's confidence that exceeds their actual situation and evolves into blind arrogance and arrogance. Excessive arrogance not only damages mental health, but also has a negative impact on interpersonal relationships. Firstly, self expansion is essentially an overcompensation for oneself when a person lacks sufficient confidence. It is a manifestation of inferiority; Conceit and inferiority are like the pros and cons of a coin, inseparable. Due to a lack of stable confidence and self-esteem, these individuals are highly susceptible to the influence of external environments and events. Occasionally achieving small things can easily lead to complacency and a sense of omnipotence; And once encountering a little setback, or being criticized and criticized by others, it will flip the coin to the inferiority side, losing motivation and initiative. At this point, in order to avoid falling into the pain of inferiority, the self will intentionally or unintentionally use more self expansion mechanisms to protect itself, showing disdain, belittling, and cynicism towards others, which also makes it difficult for leaders, colleagues, and others to get along and work with them.
Secondly, under the mechanism of self-expansion, individuals avoid accepting their own sense of weakness by avoiding reality, resulting in a decrease in their ability to judge and test reality, making it difficult to accurately evaluate themselves and objectively evaluate the environment. This will make it difficult for them to make reasonable predictions about the future. Thus falling into a new vicious cycle of "frustration inferiority defense self expansion".
Excessive self expansion is an immature psychological defense against inferiority. To improve this issue and achieve a more mature psychological state, it is necessary to have a greater understanding and understanding of oneself, be aware of one's strengths and weaknesses, and also understand and accept one's weaknesses and shortcomings in certain aspects. Only by having an objective understanding of oneself and the environment can one gain stable and appropriate confidence and self-esteem.