Why is it that so many people who are upset with themselves try to bring the people around them down to make themselves feel better? Additionally, why is this an excuse that people use in order to justify their behavior when they are called out on doing so? To the people who choose to take their own insecurities and turn it into negativity toward others, I'll let you in on a secret; you are only making the situation far worse for yourself.

Any problems that you have will inevitably become worse because your negativity toward other innocent people will turn into a cycle. The cycle goes like so: you are upset with yourself, so you then say something negative to someone else to make yourself feel better, except it doesn't actually make you feel any better and that person could then say something negative back to you in retaliation, making you feel even worse about yourself than you did before. From there, the cycle will only continue to repeat itself and possibly involve even more people.

If you are feeling down on yourself, try looking for the positive in other people instead of focusing on the negative and spreading those feelings. If you focus on the positive, then maybe your cycle will look a little happier instead. Most importantly, if you give kindness, you will inevitably receive kindness in return. Ultimately, there is no point in making everybody else around you miserable because you are in a bad mood and are having a hard time dealing with it. Spreading negativity isn't going to make you feel better and it definitely isn't going to make you a person that people want to be around.

Positive energy is contagious, but negative energy is too. If you are upset, why would you want to make others upset too? Also, if you are feeling down, don't bring others down with you as well. Doing so will get you nowhere. Let's focus all of our energy on lifting each other up, spreading positivity and seeing where that positivity takes us.