10 Mental Illnesses We Often Mistake for Character Traits

Very often we explain a person’s extravagant actions by their character. But what if there is much more hiding behind it? The outstanding American psychotherapists Aaron T. Beck and Arthur Freeman have revealed some secrets of the human temper in their book, Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders.

wehas carefully studied the work of these scientists and prepared a guide of 10 personality traits that can cause people problems if they don’t control them.

1. Negligence

This category includes people who always want to have more rest and less work. Of course, it is a simple human wish, however, some of us often go too far. For example, if a company’s employee has taken several sick leaves within a year, took a couple of vacations and many non-paid days off, and also managed to be late for work many times, a psychologist would likely diagnose them with an antisocial personality disorder. However, there are a couple more symptoms that this causes:

• Frequent unmotivated lies
• A wish to live at the expense of others
• Frequent dismissal without further employment plans, which means “going nowhere”
• Making unplanned purchases and therefore, wasting money (a person was going to buy necessary products but bought a new game for his Play Station instead)

Time management and rewards can help fight antisociality. It can be a good idea to write down what gift you’ll give yourself for this or that achievement (for example, live according to the plan for a couple days) and stick to the schedule for at least one month to develop a habit. Also, when having such disorders, psychologists recommend the exercise, “the overview of choices”. When a problem is written down and all possible ways out of it are considered along with their advantages and disadvantages, it can help to make rational decisions.

2. Shyness

Encouraged shyness can develop into total isolation and unwillingness to establish links with the outside world over time. People who are on the edge of a mental disorder stop feeling strong emotions and try to limit themselves from getting in contact with others which is why they often choose remote work or other activities that are not connected with communicating.

Hypertrophied introversion leads to a schizoid personality disorder, which has the following symptoms:

• Indifference to critique or praise
• The absence of close friends or the presence of only one close friend
• A tendency to dream often and unrealistically
• A hypersensitivity that a person feels scared to show to their surroundings

It’s possible to prevent the disease with the help of several methods. One of the most useful ones is any group activity such as drawing lessons, learning a foreign language, attending yoga, or pilates training.

You can use a simple life hack for fighting an increasing misanthropy — instead of using the phrase, “I don’t love people...” say, “I don’t like this thing...” (trait, clothing item, appearance, habit etc.). This approach will help you generate a new concept that there is something good in people apart from bad.

3. Procrastination

This category includes rebels who don’t want to follow the rules of society. It is expressed by putting off necessary actions for later. Practicing procrastination can lead to a passive-aggressive personality disorder, which often entails chronic depression.

A little rebellion in school or college is a normal thing and there is no need to search for a disease in it. However, the following symptoms can indicate that procrastination is shifting to a new phase of development:

• Irritability in response to requests to do something not very pleasant but ordinary for most people such as washing the dishes, cleaning a cat’s litter box, taking out the trash, etc.
• A very slow pace of work and of bad quality
• Offensiveness toward helpful pieces of advice from surroundings on how to make work better and faster
• Unreasonable angry criticism of people who are endowed with power

The complexity of prophylaxis lies in the fact that a person usually thinks that it’s not their guilt. The exercise, “the overview of choices” that has already been described above will suit this situation well. Also, the social game where one can imagine themselves in the place of other people to understand their feelings can help greatly. Such therapy will stop the progress of procrastination and make the person more sensitive to others.

4. Impulsiveness and temper

A person who is not trying to control their anger has high risks of developing a borderline personality disorder. One of the typical symptoms of such a disease can be a sharp and not motivated change of opinion to completely opposite ones. Let’s say, today you think that fried eggs affect your stomach badly and hate them but the day after tomorrow you start cooking them for breakfast.

Of course, a simple impulsiveness doesn’t hide any dangers. However, if it goes together with temper and the following symptoms, it’s worth paying attention to:

• Unstable friendships and romance
• Frequent unthoughtful money waste (you were going to buy a coffee machine but bought a second TV set, for example)
• Uncareful driving on the edge of getting into an accident
• A change of mood for no apparent reason and a feeling of chronic boredom

A good prophylaxis for this would be anger management and various training on self-identification. Self-control with small rewards can be helpful too. For example, if you are going to buy a coffee machine and you buy it without getting half of the items from the store, reward yourself with something that you had been dreaming about for a long time.

5. Self-reproach

People prone to self-reproaching can be easily called ostriches because they tend to hide their heads into the sand every time they want to hide from problems. This syndrome in psychology is called an avoidant personality disorder. Panic attacks, depression, and sleep disorders can appear in advanced cases.

Self-criticism is helpful in small doses and it pushes us to self-develop more but it’s extremely dangerous for mental health in excessive amounts. You should feel anxious if you noticed the following:

• strong and instant resentment of criticism or disapproval;
• avoiding new contacts reaching absurdity (for example, a refusal from promotion if it requires communicating with new people);
• exaggerating potential difficulties, physical hazards or the risk of ordinary actions;
• holding yourself back from communicating with people because of the fear to say something wrong.

Denial of false predictions will be a helpful exercise in this case. You should write down your predictions about an action that you are going to perform. For example, “If I go to an unknown shop late in the evening, I will be robbed.” After you perform this action, write down the result. Therefore, next time you have doubts or negative predictions about something, open your notebook and read your notes to make sure that nothing scary is going to happen.

6. Suspiciousness

We all are paranoid from time to time and it’s quite normal. But some people cross all possible boundaries in their suspicion — they hack social media accounts, overhear telephone conversations and even hire private detectives. A person whose suspicion makes them perform such desperate actions can be suffering from a paranoid personality disorder. This disorder goes together with the following symptoms:

• Unreasonable distrust of their partner
• Searching for hidden meanings in people’s ordinary actions (for example, your neighbor slamming the door shut especially to irritate you)
• A tendency to consider everyone around you guilty
• The absence of a sense of humor and an inability to see funny things in everyday situations

A good method to fight chronic distrust is to create a list of acquainted people and put plus signs opposite to their names every time they meet your expectations. For example, you were afraid that your date would forget about your existence at a corporate party but they kept paying attention to you throughout the whole evening. Therefore, next time you get suspicious about something, simply look at the number of plus signs and your distrust will disappear.

7. Dedication

Being dependant on close friends and family members is a hallmark of all mammals including humans. It’s quite normal to rely on others, however, an excessive dependency is considered to be a dependent personality disorder in medicine. The main sign pointing at having a mental illness is having difficulty or even the inability to make decisions without getting the approval from a person of authority. Additionally, the disease goes together with the following symptoms:

• An agreement with their surroundings even if they’re not right
• A feeling of discomfort when being alone and a need to do anything to prevent staying alone
• Committing unpleasant or degrading actions to please someone
• Unreasonable obsessive thoughts that everyone around you is betraying you

The best way to fight this disorder is to collect evidence of your competency. For example, “I am a good driver,” or “I’ve prepared a good report at work,” etc. Every time you wish to ask for approval from someone, simply look at the list and it will give you confidence.

8. Emotionality

Excessive emotionality and sensitivity can be a symptom of a histrionic personality disorder which is also called hysteria. The desire to attract attention is natural for a person unless it grows into bursts of anger and paroxysms. The significant feature of this disorder is highly emotional speech and the absence of details in it at the same time. For example, the answer to the question, “What did your mom look like,” will likely be something like, “She was very good.”

Here are some other signs of the disorder:

• A constant search for support, approval, and praise from a highly respected person
• The inability to concentrate on one task for a long time
• Emotions quickly changing
• An intolerance to procrastination with a constant desire to do something

One of the best ways to fight hysteria is to work with a timer. You should set the timer for 30 minutes or 1 hour and perform only one task within this time. Though it seems easy, in fact, this exercise will be difficult to perform because it’s quite hard for excessively emotional people to stay in one place. Moreover, it’s difficult for them to set goals because they usually dream about something wonderful but indefinite which is why another useful method would be to set precise goals. For example, get a promotion in 2 months, learn to cook risotto by the new year, etc.

9. Perfectionism

Desperate perfectionism is on its way to becoming an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. The development of the disease is usually associated with the fact that society values qualities such as attention to detail, self-discipline, emotional control, reliability, and emphasized politeness — and people get very addicted to meeting all these expectations. That’s when all these perfect qualities turn into a real catastrophe: emotional blocking, dogmatism, and psychological inflexibility.

Perfectionists should worry when they spot the following tendencies:

• An unwillingness to dedicate time to yourself in fear of becoming unproductive
• Refusing to get rid of unnecessary stuff with the thought, “I might need it one day...”
• A pathological fear of making a mistake
• The desire to do work for others because of the thought that no one else can do it as qualitatively as you can

It’s difficult for perfectionists to stay in one place because their nature requires immediate action, that’s why psychologists recommend practicing everyday meditation such as listening to music with closed eyes or getting a massage. In order to consolidate success, it is useful to record how many things were done on days without relaxation and on the days when it was there. It will assure a perfectionist that having rest doesn’t prevent them from being productive.

10. Heightened self-esteem

Heightened self-esteem is much better than self-reproach, however, it also has some limits. The feeling of being smart, attractive and simply the best of the best can bring a person a narcissistic personality disorder. When having this disorder, it’s quite easy to fall into depression, having a feeling of inferiority and other “benefits” that people with heightened self-esteem usually have. Here are the symptoms that follow this disorder:

• Hidden or overt anger in response to any criticism
• Using people for achieving your own goals
• Expecting a special attitude toward yourself (for example, everyone should let you go first in line even if no one knows why)
• Strong envy and constant dreams of unthinkable wealth

The main problem with narcissism is the mismatch of expectations and reality that produce side effects such as a feeling of worthlessness, frequent mood swings and the fear of embarrassment. One of the exercises for fighting the disorder is decreasing the plank of wishes to a reachable one. For example, getting a pair of nice shoes in the nearest shoe store instead of dreaming about a luxurious car.

Have you ever faced a situation where a personality trait was preventing you or your friend from leading a normal life? Please share your experience with us in the comments!

People With Difficult Childhoods Have 5 Advantages Over Others

The idea of a “difficult childhood” is perceived by people as something terrible. Most psychologists pay attention only to negative consequences of a difficult childhood such as psychological traumas, a lack of self-confidence, as well as other unpleasant things. However, a group of scientists decided to look at this topic from a different angle and the result of their research showed that people who had difficult times when growing up had a number of advantages over those who grew up in a good environment.

 we carefully studied the conclusions these scientists found and would like to cheer up those who think their childhood was difficult because it’s actually not that bad. If you are aware of your advantages and know how to use them, you can live your life as a successful person and not as an eternal victim.

1. Good artistic skills

We all know stories about people that used to have difficult childhoods and managed to become famous thanks to their artistic skills. Scientists from California decided to learn more about this correlation. They surveyed 234 people in artistic professions such as musicians, dancers, actors, designers, and singers about their childhoods and then divided those surveyed into 3 groups depending on how tough their childhoods were. Turned out, that people from the third group who called their childhood very difficult were more prone to anxiety and shame. But at the same time, they were able to give themselves to art completely, plunging headfirst into their creative processes. Art was giving them the strength to change their lives for the better.

A rich fantasy can help people think up things that other people aren’t able to. Psychologist Ian Morgan Cron says, “People who haven’t suffered are as interesting as shrubbery.” He thinks that one can’t learn anything valuable from communicating with people who never had a negative experience.

2. Choosing a “quick strategy”

According to the observations of scientists, people who have experienced significant upheavals at an early age often live on “quick strategy”. It means that they choose immediate benefits or profits that are available right here and now without even thinking that waiting for some time would give them even more benefits.

There is a popular experiment that proves this and it’s called “The Stanford marshmallow experiment”. In this experiment, one marshmallow is placed in front of a kid. They are told that if they wait for 15 minutes and don’t eat the marshmallow, they’ll get one more; if they eat it now, they won’t get anything. A normal child growing up in a stable and pleasant environment is ready to wait because they see it as a wise decision. But from the point of view of a child growing in unpredictable conditions, it’s better to eat the marshmallow right away as long as adults haven’t changed their mind, or until someone else takes it, or some other unpredictable unpleasantness happens. And they are right as well.

The “quick strategy” often prompts teenagers to start their sexual life early, they usually become parents earlier and their future seems more anxiety-ridden than the future of kids who come from rich families. And very often it’s this “quick strategy” that helps them to not get confused and step back into hardship.

3. High adaptability

When a child grows up in adverse conditions, their psyche starts to adapt to stress quickly. As a result, they get skills thanks to which they can easily adjust to changes and can find a way out of any situation. The professor of psychology named Bruce Ellis (The University of Utah) pointed out the presence of cognitive flexibility — the ability to differentiate important things from not important ones as well as the ability to concentrate only on important things in such people.

Jean Marie Bianchi, a colleague of Dr.Ellis, thinks that people who have grown up in unpredictable conditions have well-developed associative thinking — they can easily see the correlation between different objects and events and always consider various courses of events.

Here is an example: 2 gamers got the wrong instructions to a computer game. The first one who grew up in good conditions kept acting according to the instructions and became more and more puzzled because they were used to thinking that rules were always right. The second one, who has grown up in an unstable environment, wasn’t afraid to take risks and tried to find new solutions. They are well aware that rules can change depending on a situation.

4. Instant threat recognition

Norepinephrine is a hormone that helps us identify danger. It is produced when we encounter something unexpected or frightening. According to the research of a clinical psychologist and neurobiologist, Ian Robertson, norepinephrine affects the brain positively in moderate doses — it improves the memory and the ability to learn. People that have had difficult childhoods can recognize danger faster than others and instantly start finding ways to avoid it.

Therefore, a medium (but not high) level of stress can be useful for the body. Moreover, teenage girls mature faster thanks to stress — that’s a conclusion a group of scientist from Stanford University came to. Surprisingly, this correlation hasn’t been spotted in boys.

5. A good memory and the ability to empathize

Chiraag Mittal, a scientist from Texas University, came to the following conclusion: kids that have grown up in difficult environments have better memories. This updates very quickly — useful and old information easily gets forgotten and is replaced with new and useful information. However, these kinds of kids remember mostly negative events and people who have treated them badly. It helps them to protect themselves in the future.

Also, most people that endured a difficult childhood have highly developed empathy and are able to read and understand the feelings and emotions of others. They make good psychologists and can understand what’s happening inside another person with just one look.

Bonus: How to stop sticking to negative moments from childhood

“We are nothing but stories we tell about ourselves ”.

Ian Morgan Cron, psychotherapist

We can’t change our past but we can look at it from a different angle. One of the dangers that appears with those who’ve had difficult childhoods is the tendency to always expect something bad and to not believe in better. Instead of feeling sorry for yourself and blaming psychological traumas from childhood for your failures, it’s better to try to focus on something positive. And an exercise created by the psychotherapist Ian Morgan Cron can help greatly.

Once he asked one of the patients during group therapy to tell the story of their life within 5 minutes so that everyone would understand that they were a victim. After finishing the conversation, Cron asked them to tell the same story so that the listeners understood that they were a hero. The patient didn’t believe it at first and said, “Is that possible?” Cron answered, “Sure!”

Therefore, you can focus your mind on the bright sides of your life without neglecting previous experiences.

How has your childhood affected you? Please tell us about it in the comments!

10 Situations When We Lose Our Common Sense and Buy Useless Stuff

All of us have probably experienced situations where we’ve entered a grocery store to buy bread and left with bags full of different foods. And we’re lucky if bread was among those foods, otherwise, we had to go back to the store again. Why does this happen?

At  we’ve put together major examples of people buying things different from what they intended to buy as well as methods on how to prevent this kind of behavior.

1. Diderot effect

Diderot effect is the term for when you buy something new, but then it makes your other possessions look worn out by comparison, so you end up replacing them too. This is a never-ending process because every new thing will soon turn into an old one and will require a replacement again.

This effect was named after the French philosopher Denis Diderot. He was never rich but he once received a big amount of money and bought a gorgeous scarlet dressing gown. This item of clothing was so different from his other clothes that it forced him to replace all his old clothes with new ones.

How can you fight this?

Before you make a purchase, try to understand whether you connect any hopes and expectations to it. For example, do you want to buy a smartphone to always be connected and to do more work, or because you dream of getting a promotion and earning more money? Wouldn’t it be more effective to reconsider your attitude toward your work?

2. The snob effect

When you buy things that others don’t in order to stand out, this type of behavior is called the snob effect. Many people like to be the center of attention and a new item of clothing is one of the best ways to get into the limelight.

How can you fight this?

Make a list of topics you’re good at and things you’re proud of. The list won’t be short, don’t worry. Items of clothing are not the only way to attract attention. It can also be an interesting chat or your positive and pleasant personality.

3. Bandwagon effect

This effect is the exact opposite of the snob effect. It happens when a person buys an item because it’s fashionable and everyone else has it. This item may not suit you or your lifestyle but you still purchase it to be on trend.

How can you fight this?

Before you make a purchase, ask yourself, “Why do I want to buy it?” Perhaps you really like this thing and you need it. Or maybe you’ve just fallen under the influence of other people.

4. Items for the future

People like to stay positive. That’s why we sometimes buy items of clothing for the future, like a skirt that is 2 sizes smaller because we think it will motivate us to lose weight, or a pair of shoes for our dream date when we don’t even have a significant other.

How can you fight this?

Remember that the purchase of another item of clothing won’t make you slimmer, smarter, or more attractive. You need to work on yourself to achieve this. No expensive or fashionable items will bring you closer to your happy future you anticipate so much.

5. Impulse buying

You had a bad day and decided to drop into your favorite shop, or you end up buying something because you earned a small bonus at work. But the happiness from such a purchase will pass really fast while the item you bought will be forgotten or will even make you upset because you spent so much money on it.

How can you fight this?

Impulse buying is a consequence of a lack of positive emotions. Try to find an activity that will help you fight your bad mood, weariness, and stress.

6. Subliminal retail tricks

Pleasant music, warm colors, and homey smells — all of these affect us when we enter a store though we may not even suspect it. It’s warm and comfortable inside and its windows are usually covered. We relax, forget about time, and start buying.

How can you fight this?

Go shopping when you aren’t hungry and wear earphones with music playing. That’s the best way to stay away from marketing tricks.

7. Sales and promotions

This is one of the most common reasons people buy things they don’t need. Stores offer us 3 items for the price of 2, or a 50% discount that’s only valid during one day. It seems to be quite beneficialso we end up buying things we don’t really need.

How can you fight this?

Limit the space you keep your things in — allocate a special closet for all of them and make sure it isn’t jam-packed.

8. Cheap goods

In order to save some money, we may buy cheaper analogs of the goods we really need. But this benefit is sometimes illusory. Good jeans can serve us for many years while cheap ones will wear and tear quite soon, and we’ll have to buy a new pair.

How can you fight this?

There is a saying, “buy nice or buy twice.” By saving money now, you may spend much more on repairs and replacements in the future. When buying something, pay attention to its quality instead of the price tag.

9. Persuasive shop assistants

Many shop assistants know how to win our trust. They may confide in you that one item is not really good while the other one is “so much better”. Shop assistants know the quality of all their goods and they’ll definitely find something you’ve dreamt about, even if you buy 10 T-shirts instead of the one you actually planned to buy.

How can you fight this?

Always keep in mind what you intend to buy. Search information about the good you’re looking for online in advance in order to ask fewer questions. Shop assistants first turn to those customers who can’t decide which item to buy — these people are easier to convince to make a purchase. Another solution is to go shopping with friends since it will be more difficult to influence the opinions of all of you.

10. Our fears

We may often worry for a reason or without one, that’s how our mind works. When you pass a good you didn’t plan on buying, you may think that the next time you may not have enough money for this purchase, so eventually, you’ll make the decision to buy it. The other reason can be if your parents used to say “no” to you a lot when you were a child.

How can you fight it?

Imagine that you need to move to another country. What things would you take? Not so many, right? These are the things you really need, the rest is unnecessary. You’re better off spending your money on travel or interesting events which will bring you much wider and brighter emotions.

We at Bright Side believe in moderation and hope that next time you’ll want to buy something unnecessary, you’ll remember this article and pass right by it.

By the way, even Diderot himself eventually realized what trap he had gotten himself into. In his essay, Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown he wrote, “Beware of the contamination of sudden wealth. The poor man may take his ease without thinking of appearances, but the rich man is always under a strain.”

Which of these situations did you find relevant to you? How do you usually fight them? Tell us in the comments below.

9 False Values That Modern Society Imposes on Us

In childhood, it seemed to us that when we grow up, we will get an opportunity to do what we really want. However, in reality, it turns out that everyone around us has an interest in our life — parents demand we have grandchildren, friends give advice on opening your own business, while the manufacturers of various goods want you to be wearing a leopard skirt and owning the 10th iPhone this season. And every other person is ready to tell us how we’re supposed to live because “it’s important” or “everybody does it.”

we are a little shy about discussing this but almost all of us get trapped in these psychological tricks at least once. As a result, we start to think along these patterns that were intrusively placed into our heads.

1. “A successful person should have a car, an apartment, and the latest iPhone.”

Today’s society actively promotes life for the sake of pleasure that should be gotten mainly from consuming: purchasing new gadgets, trendy perfumes, or non-stick frying pans. At the same time, they impose on us a model for our children’s behavior who want to get a new toy right here and right now(the last 2 words are actually a part of most commercial scripts). And it doesn’t matter that once you purchase the latest iPhone you’ll have to eat instant noodles for 6 months, and that an expensive car will mostly sit in a garage because its owner won’t have enough money for its service.

2. “Why should I be inferior to a celebrity?”

Today, psychologists outline this phenomenon as the imitation of other social groups’ style of living. In other words, these are attempts to imitate TV stars and businessmen who have the money to support any whim.

But a girl from a rural town or suburb will probably not have enough money for a real haute couture dress, a vacation in the Maldives, or for a breast augmentation at an expensive Swiss clinic. The problem lies in the fact that she will subconsciously be considering herself as inferior to some diva from a magazine cover and will build a huge inferiority complex as she gets older.

3. “I can’t live without Instagram”

The situation is quite simple here — the more beautiful photos you have on social media, the more successful and simply better your life seems. At least that’s what people who didn’t take a vacation abroad this summer or don’t have enough money for an expensive restaurant will think.

Psychologists have another opinion on that: they believe that people who love to show off their life have developing narcissistic features, while the visitors to their accounts may start suffering from envy and even sink into a depression.

4. “I’m trying my best to be a good mom.”

If you are not tired, you are not a good mother. That’s the life motto many women adapt after having a baby. Especially if they love to look through glamour magazines where tons of recommendations on how to raise children are outlined.

However, these perfect mothers often end up not having any time for themselves. Psychologists and teachers are already feeling alarmed by this, outlining that due to parents today being so overprotective, kids of this generation are not going to be able to make decisions independently or concentrate on their studies.

5. “It’s shameful to be a cook or a seamstress.”

Over the years, our society has formed the idea that a person without a higher education belongs to a “lower caste” while obtaining a diploma automatically makes them a perfect specialist for whom the doors of all prestigious companies are open.

As a result, we almost completely lost respect for simple work. There are hardly any pupils today who can openly declare that they want to become a seamstress or an electrician. Additionally, if you were born into a family doctors, then you shouldn’t even let the thought of becoming a barber into your head.

6. “Bring me my first million.”

Many of us are not ready to slowly climb the career ladder and gain the reputation of a seasoned specialist. It’s much easier to attend one of the popular trainings where people will talk about how bad it is to work for someone and will advise you to escape your office work to finally get the freedom you deserve.

Because of the desire for quick success imposed by society, people are never going to become professionals in their business. They shift from one job to another hoping that somewhere they will finally get honored and make enormous money without much experience.

7. “2 hours in front of the mirror and your natural makeup is ready...”

Modern women have turned out to be between 2 fires. From one side, it’s natural beauty that is trendy right now and that requires very few cosmetics. On the other hand, it’s said that being beautiful means being aware of the latest trends and being able to apply makeup at the level of a professional makeup artist.

That’s why more and more women have been rejecting the tyranny of makeup lately, not feeling shy about their natural beauty, and saving their precious time by not spending hours in front of the mirror.

8. “Where did you go this year?”

How embarrassing is it to say that you didn’t go anywhere. Or that you’ve spent your vacation in Italy for the 5th time in a row. Or that you booked all-inclusive package at a Turkish hotel again and rolled from the beach to the buffet for 2 weeks.

All this happens due to an unexpectedly raised trend in traveling and an unspoken competition about who has visited more countries. A vacation in India, a weekend in France, a business trip in the Maldives — all this is to get the maximum amount of likes and to post beautiful photos on Instagram.

9. “The main thing is your comfort. Other people’s problems don’t relate to you.”

Imagine that you slipped on an icy road, fell right in the middle of a busy street, and injured your arm. Now try to guess how the bystanders will react. In the best case scenario, they will just pass you by, in the worst — they will be secretly (or not) taking video of you. And the person who decides to help you will get side glances from people wondering why they got into it and whether they are ready to waste their precious time on this person.

It might seem that there is nothing more simple and more natural than giving a helping hand to a person who needs it, but the times of responsive people are over and have been overtaken by the trend of people being indifferent to their surroundings.

Are you ready to go against the opinion of the majority? Please share with us your thoughts about it in the comments!