How do I stop being judgemental?

To have opinions, thoughts and preconceptions about people is human nature - your schemas that your previous direction or media based experience will make an assumption whether you consciously intend to or not. But what you need to do it imagine people complexly, and not take your existing template as the truth. Be optimistic, get to know people and show them the same kindness that you hope people would show you.

Understand that everyone is different, and just because something is different from 'your way', that doesn't make it wrong.

It's a human nature for us to be judgemental yes sometimes it isn't the the best for anyone involved but there's not a lot you can do

Surround yourself with people from different backgrounds to avoid being judgemental. talk to someone with an open mind.

Consider that everyone is different in their own way. Think hard about how you feel when somebody judges you, or even when you think someone is. Put yourself in the persons shoes.

Remember that you would not like to be judged. I struggled with being judgemental for a while. before I realized that it is unfair to judge someone you know nothing about. Next time you judge someone, remind yourself that it isn't fair to the person on the receiving end.

By simply just putting yourself in their shoes and seeing how it would feel being like them. Sometimes you will realize how people see things in this world

I try to see things from the person's perspectives and understand their feelings and needs behind their acts/words.

That is something that will take practice. Do you feel that being judgemental has affected you negatively?

Think about what would you do if you lived their lives,put yourself in their shoes and just know that there are so many things you don’t know about the person you’re judging

The best course of action would be to breathe, count to 10, then put yourself in the person’s shoes. Usually, when people say that, what they mean is to let yourself imagine you being that person. To imagine what they feel about themselves everyday. To imagine how they feel when they are judged likely based on something they can’t changed. Or are judged because of how they are. Just how would you feel in their shoes?

Well I think you should understand the person first before judging them , put yourself in their shoes for a second.

by accepting and understanding that everyone you meet is different, and loving the person for who they are.

Learn to accept others how they are. Everybody is unique and no one is perfect. Sometimes it takes a bit to realize That, but once you do, you'll find that everybody should be treated equal while still containing their own qualities!

Well, if you are wondering how to stop being judgmental, that is half the job done already: you seem aware of it and determined to change. Not that much can be said of many people on the planet… Second, it may help to know that being human, you do need to “assess”, constantly, that is what the brain does, we assess and recalibrate all the time, to adapt to our environment, to new problems, to figure out if people, things are safe, and the thing is that assessing and judging can sort of …blend accidentally. And before you know it, you passed judgment It can help thinking: ok, I have passed a “judgement” on A or B, how does it help me? does it close doors or open them? do I need them closed or open? and wonder how the assessment/judgment you passed helps you deep down or not. Third, one thing that greatly helped me to stop being judgmental was to turn an assessment I had just made on its head: say for example, I saw someone who was grumpy on the road, and I think “oh, what a miserable so and so”, then I think, ok, let’s say that I got the wrong end of the stick, that the truth is, actually, this grumpy person is the sweetest person alive, what could make him/her grumpy with me like that? then I come up with reasons that are possible: their knee has been hurting for three days and they haven’t slept. …or, a difficult relative is coming to town and the weekend will be exhausting, or… their best friend is in hospital and they are worried sick and in a hurry to see them. If I can’t dismiss any of those possible reasons as not plausible, it calms me down. And fourth… you could volunteer as a listener here! the aim of all listeners is to completely remove judgment from their approach, and you’d be surprised, first that it is a conscious effort often, you’d be surprised what a relief it brings to the listener to remove judgement, when you can empathise with someone anonymously, because your task is not not judge. We all learn to be less and less judgemental, it is a life task, and every step you take towards it feels like a liberation. Then for the groups or people you find really hard not to judge, well, it may come as a relief to know that it is a skill, not something you are born with, and it takes some hard work sometimes. I struggle especially with not judging certain… political figures in my country, and try to think they must have really lost their way big time. So i stop judging them (not easy, i grant you!), but assess their actions and how it affects people instead. In any case, you are half way there! keep going!

By putting yourself into their shoes. Think what if you were in their place. It would help you understand their situation better.

I will not base your character on what you’ve done, your regrets and how you manage yourself as a human being.

The best way I have found to not be judgemental is putting yourself in someone else's shoes! Imagine how it would feel to be them, how it would feel to be judged for whatever the situation may be!

imagine how you feel being judged by other people and try to not do it to others but its would make them feel how you would feel

If you just think of how it would affect other people, it is easy to realize how harmful it can be, and you don’t want to be the one to put someone in a situation that would make them uncomfortable

The best way is to not say anything that is not nice. The whole do unto others as you want done to you. So don't say anything to anyone else that you might find hurtful or offensive.

Being judgemental can be challenging because it cannot allow people to love you for your person, but for the thoughts and criticism you have of others. You also have a hard time focusing on yourself because you focus more on others and how they live their lives, because of this you are automatically you are making less progress on yourself and not working on your own flaws and your own feelings and emotions as much as you could. Because this is what we are supposed to do, we are supposed to advance, evolve, learn more about ourselves as human beings. To stop being judgemental you have to start recenter your perspective more on yourself and your own life, learn to be and have a more positive outlook on people and life. It isn't judgemental if you train your brain to only have good and friendly thoughts about others. Become more altruistic instead of judgemental, realize we are never perfect to mother earth, we are born and brought up equally as human beings as much as we have our differences physically, financially, socially. You have to learn to look beyond that, to find peace with yourself and your own person and what you want to become and how you want to live and find happiness in your life, in order to do that you'll automatically want to have less judgement on others because your judgement is taking energy from you subconciously and it can make you feel very negative depending on the situations. So start living for yourself, do you just like everyone else does themselves, there isn't a particular way one should do anything. Simplify all your thoughts and try to just focus on yourself and live life fully! =)

Come to realize that everyone is different. Just because people do things differently than you doesn't make them any less of a person...Respect people's differences❤

It is natural to judge people, we all do it but if you’re doing it constantly in a negative manner then maybe you should put yourself in that persons shoes and imagine how you’d feel if you wasn’t them. You don’t know what other peoples life circumstances are and what they’re going through so try being positive rather than thinking you’re better than others.

Try to treat everyone the way you would like to be treated and put yourself in other people's shoes.

Put yourself is that other person shoe. if that was you then you wouldn't want others laughing so maybe you shouldn't do the same

For me, the path to being less judgmental starts at compassion point, and continues on through empathy avenue.

you could ask for help if you want that. Don’t pass judgment. Understand Accept and love.Once you’ve accepted someone for who he is, try to love him. Even if you don’t know him. Even if you’ve hated him in the past. Love him as a brother, or love her as a sister, no matter who they are, old or young, light skinned or dark, male or female, rich or poor.And yet, while it is in our nature to be judgmental, I don’t think it’s always useful to us. We look down on others, as if we are so much better … and that creates division between people.

You can begin by putting yourself in their shoes. Imagine yourself in their situation, think about your responses and how you’d react recieving them yourself. Try being more positive about situations you are in before trying to be positive about other peoples situations. If you are a negative person, you will end up casting a shadow on other people as well. If you are judgemental of people you are unfamiliar with- try talking to them and get a feel for their personality. You may be surprised by how understanding and kind people can be. Being judgemental can also stem from past experiences of people being judgemental of you. Remember how that made you feel if this is the case and recognize that you wouldn’t want to put anybody else through that.

It's difficult to stop such a negative mannerism but it is do-able. Being judgemental usually comes from fear. You judge others before they judge you so that you can have a pre-emptive strike ready for the person that you are judging. It's basically a defense mechanism. If you judge someone to be bitchy, mean, judgemental or aggressive etc, then you can think of things to retaliate with before they even have a chance to be the person you think they're going to be. In this case, most people need to be more confident in themselves. It also usually stems from previous negative experiences where perhaps you've been bullied or judged yourself or even by yourself and that's where this defense mechanism established itself. It's not an easy task and it is most definitely not quickly overcome but if you have the will power and strength, you can control your negative thinking by replacing them with positives. Instead of thinking that you need to retaliate, you could think of ways to diffuse the situation and take the insult or whatever it may be, lightly. Some situations that become bigger than what they need to be, needn't have come to that. Simply being civilized can counteract those types of incidents. But, being judgemental is not necessarily a bad thing. As stated before, it's usually a defense mechanism. Sometimes, it's better to be ready for a negative outcome but it doesn't mean that you should be negative towards someone without good probable cause. There's no harm in being ready for a negative situation but don't expect there to be one. That's the difference between being judgemental and thinking judgemental. Being judgemental = acting negatively towards the person for no good probable cause. Thinking judgemental = being prepared for a negative situation but not acting upon impulse. Hope this helps.