Day 134 - Crabs in a Bucket

📖Daily Reading

 Proverbs 28

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📝 Reflection 

Proverbs 28:3

   A poor person who oppresses the poor is like a pounding rain that destroys the crops.

 

So this verse made me think of an analogy that is often referenced and used in the psychology world, the crab theory. Crab mentality, also known as crab theory, crabs in a bucket mentality, or the crab-bucket effect, is a way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you". The metaphor is derived from a pattern of behavior noted in crabs when they are trapped in a bucket.* 

A crab in a bucket by itself can climb out quite easily. An interesting group think happens when you put multiple crabs in a bucket, if one starts to climb out the others will pull it down. Even more fascinating is if that crab tries again the other crabs will not only pull it down, they will intentionally injure that crab 🦀 so that he is unable to try again.  

You can see this play out in the human world as well, the attitude is similar to ‘if I can’t have it neither can you’. But even more than that there is a group think happening and fear that keeps people trapped even when they want to climb out of their bucket. They feel the pull from their loved ones or other people in their bucket that might even sound like genuine concern. ‘Are you sure you want to do that.. what if…’. 

When we change, we threaten others and their comfort level. It is really important to understand these things so you can be prepared and keep climbing out of your bucket and resist being pulled back in. It is also important to surround yourself with truly supportive people that are already out of that bucket and will be there at the top to pull you up!!

*excerpt from wikipedia 

 

✍🏼Daily Journal Prompt 

How does this resonate with you? Have you experienced this before? Have you unknowingly done this to someone else or participated in this? 

📖Tomorrows Reading

 Proverbs 29

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