“74 Outrageous Moments When Entitlement Went Too Far This March – You Won’t Believe Number 7!”

"74 Outrageous Moments When Entitlement Went Too Far This March – You Won't Believe Number 7!"

“They also are highly emotional and can easily become unhinged and histrionic when they don’t get what they feel they deserve. In my clinical practice, I refer to these clients as having very thin skin. They see nearly everything that even remotely challenges them as a personal affront, and they act out as if they sustained the most egregious insult if their unreasonable and undeserved expectations are unmet.”

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The entitlement mentality can come from a variety of places. The most common one is childhood. “If a child receives everything they want from their parents/caregivers during their childhood and is rarely told “No,” this can cause a sense of entitlement,” says therapist and owner of Pathways Counseling KC, Laura Bonk, MA, LCPC, LPC.

When parents give in to children’s tantrums and don’t teach them to work for what they want, they might start lacking resilience and expect to receive everything they desire in life without any effort.

“Our culture of instant gratification [also] definitely plays a big role in creating entitled individuals and an entitled culture overall,” Bonk adds.

A bag filled with crumpled white paper, highlighting lack of self-awareness.

I don’t know why people are like this, if you are looking at a purse and they have stuffing in it please put it back. She had it in her cart and I put it all in a bag, I’m going to double check with my manager if she wants to hunt down some purses that need filling. We leave them in because it gets things on the shelf quicker and they look better filled. To kick me while I’m down, she didn’t even buy a single purse all she bought was a pair of pants.

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