Why do people feel the need to demean others to feel better about themselves?

It has a lot to do with control and to try to bring the other person down because they might be jealous of said person or low self esteem

Wow that's a hard question, and one I have asked myself on so many occasions. I see people doing this all the time in the workplace and on the streets. It saddens me in a way to see this happening as I'm sure there are better ways of finding something to feel good about. In terms of why do people do it? Well most people it's basically a power stance, some people will inflate things to make them selves feel better, they do this because they are intimidated by the other person so feel that by inflating themselves they have a right to be part of the social circle.

Because sometimes it is the only way people know to to cope with how they are feeling. And letting themself tink they are better then other people is th only way they can feel better.

Because they are insecure and have their own problems so they deflect them onto others to feel better

People feel the need to demean others usually for several different reasons. It might be (which is most often) that they have experienced a similar feeling of being bullied or another way of being treated unkindly by others. It could either be the feeling that it is normal to call someone by a nasty name which resulted in them having very low self-esteem, which is why they feel the need to call others something unkind so that it feels as if they have more power than the person they are insulting. This is obviously not always true, because in the end it does nothing for their self-esteem, and it has only made the other person feel bad about themselves. If this is happening to you, try to see it as if they are very self-conscious.

sometimes people who demean others have a low self-esteem. and they feel that by putting others down, they are internally saying "yeah! i'm better than this person because i'm saying i'm better than them!"

Because this people aren't happy. And so they try give their mood 'away'. Sometimes they have problems and stress. And they need love.

I think people demean others because They feel like if they bring someone else down theyll feel good

Putting others down is a quick and easy way to feel better about yourself, even if it's just for a little while. It's easy to sit and criticize others when you're feeling low or insecure about something in yourself. Especially if it seems like putting that person down will help ingratiate you into a group. Unfortunately, it's a part of human nature to want to fit in and do everything you can to belong to a group - even if that's at the expense of someone else.

Low self esteem and feeling insecure makes them feel that as they are everyone can see through them.. the only way they can feel better about their shitty is to try and demean other people to make themselves look good in others eyes. They like to inflate their ego by claiming to live by the very rules they break. They are afraid of others to see the real them so they constantly point out what they deem to be flaws in the people around them trying to make himself out as a person of good character. Their biggest fear is that they will be seen as the bullies they are. Their wholelife is a lie.