Why do I feel better than everyone else?

I do not compare myself to others, I see those who I want to be like and try to be a better person for those around me. If I am in a good place so are those around me. Also remember ( * * When you car for others and other care for you, your problems are not yours anymore. * * ) Allow those around you to help, trust me you will never be a bother, and never think that you are not important or that you do not matter as much as another person. Xoxo Love your friendly listener

Feeling better than everyone else is not necessarily a bad thing, as long as it doesn't turn into something rude or you don't put anyone down. I actually find it good to have confidence in who you are and believe in yourself. I honestly share the same feeling, maybe it is because of the environment surrounding me? I really have no clue. The best I can say, is try not to feel guilty for it, I believe everyone feels better than everyone else at some point, nothing wrong with it as long as you respect everyone else .

It could be a defense mechanism. Like "oh I am better than others so if they don't like me it's their loss". It's a way to minimise the fear of rejection, to feel you are more special than others. The right way to go for it, would be to feel equal or that everyone are unique in their own way, so if you approach someone or if you aren't approached by someone as you expected you can just say" oh we are different", not take it personally. It's a way of protecting yourself and it indicates a fragile self confidence( even if it seems like overconfidence -feeling better than others).

In some way I feel better when I get to help others. In a way I get to subconsciously deal with own problems but also, I’ve always loved helping others feeling like i get to make someone else happy and relieved and less alone! I think it’s so incredibly important to feel like you’re apart of something because I’ve myself dealt with the feeling of being all alone in the world. By feeling as if you’re apart of many, you get to feel a sense of community and as if you’re not dealing with all of this while everyone else has it all planned out. Simply said for me, this is a way of finding like minded people that I can help based on problems I’ve had.

Unfortunately, there is a variety of environmental factors that can contribute to this. It is also possible that the feeling of being better than everyone else is a result of personality disorders, such as delusions of grandeur, which means you think you are much more important than other people or narcissistic personality disorder in which you focus on egocentrism, or that the world circulates around you. I know because my friend feels this way. But, it may not be based on personality disorder alone. In fact, you might feel that you are better than everyone else, but not have a personality disorder, so don't feel discouraged. Sometimes coming from low-income environments or an environment that doesn't fit you has something to do with it.

I think it’s because you compete with others and you think you are winning. Maybe you think you know more than everyone else or you can do a certain thing better than everyone else. The truth is, one can always learn something from others. That’s why it’s always great to expand your social circle to diversify your knowledge. I am not too sure about what the exact reason is. All I know is this: If you start feeling that you are better than everyone else, then you will stop learning. If you stop learning, then you will remain the same. If you remain the same for long, then everyone else will outrun you, and if that happens, then you will proceed to ask the following question on Quora: “Why do I feel like everyone else is better than me?” Therefore, it's best to compete with yourself than to compete with others. This is because if you compete with yourself today, you will become a better person tomorrow. That's when you really forget about being better than others and focus on being a better you.

If you mean that you feel better than everyone ego-wise, there are many reasons for that. It could be as simple as the people around you put you on a pedestal and bring themselves down, I know some people that my friends put on a higher pedestal because they seem better. Or there are possibilities such as the people around you don't measure up to your personal standards so you see yourself as better because you measure up to your own standards which is not a bad thing by any means! This becomes toxic and bad when you start expressing that you are better than everyone else and telling them that they are worse than you. There are some people that I think I am better than but I don't express that in any way and I don't bring them down. :)

It's hard to answer this without a bit of background info, but I get what you are saying. I mean, I would say it's not totally abnormal for people to feel this way sometimes, but if it gets in the way of your life or how you treat others, i think that's when you probably should try to work on it. I mean, it probably isn't even a mental disorder or anything like that; it may just be a part of you. All of us have vices, some deal with pride, some with anger, some with hate or greed.

I think that's natural that as humans it's always easier to spot other people's flaws and not our own. And because of that, we always feel like we are better than others, when in reality we all have our flaws. In that same mindset, we tend to put the blame on others whenever we're dealing with problems, instead of introspecting our own faults. I find that it's important to know our strengths and have self confidence. But it is also important for balance, to know your weaknesses and mistakes. Because as humans none of us are perfect, and with that in mind it is easier for me to be more humble and not so focused on other people's weaknesses

Maybe you have a different attitude to others and choose to see the positives in every situation you encounter. Most people do not have the ability to do this so seeing you do so can stir feelings of jealousy on their behalf. Regardless of what others are doing or saying, maintain your integrity and stay true to yourself. Keep treating people the way you are and at the end of the day you can hold your head high in any given situation. If someone is not accepting your upbeat attitude you have the choice of whether you want to associate with them and be pulled down by their negative energy.