What is Resentment?

[MajestyJo]

Part 2 - Resentments

What irrational thinking underlies my resentment?
No matter what I do it is never ``good'' enough, so why try?

People are out to get me so, I'll reject them before they reject me.

There is no use in resolving unfinished business with people from my past who mistreated me.

Everyone is out to get me.

Hard work, a clean life, and treating people fairly is a waste of time; it has never paid off for me.

There is no way I can forgive or forget my negative past.

I'll never win at anything I try; I've always lost up until now.

There are the ``haves'' and the ``have nots,'' and I'm a have not guaranteed to be a loser.

My life should at least be fair.

It is better to grin and bear it; I'll never get anywhere with an open, honest approach.

What's done is done, so let it be.

I've never been given a break in the past; why should I expect anything different now?

It's all a matter of politics: who you know and what you have to bow down to that determines your fate.

It's who you know rather than what you are that determines your success.

Why is it that people with fewer talents, who work less, and struggle little, always seem to get ahead while I remain stuck.

The price of hard work and effort seems to be failure and disappointment for me.

There's always going to be someone who will guarantee that I'll be unsuccessful.

They are all alike; why try to win them over or be nice to them.

It will never change; why try to alter the situation between me and them.

There are always people more talented, prettier, and more competent standing in the wings to take my place.