# Once you label me you negate me Created On: 05-30-2023 02:39 pm Type: #note/literature📖 Topics: [[Box Putting]] --- ## Literature > Once you label me you negate me. > — <cite>Søren Kierkegaard</cite> ## Notes * #todo * One idea is that, through a lack of empathy and or assuming negative intent (the opposite of [[Assuming positive intent]]), people are like to dehumanize you, which leads them to “negating” or invalidating or denying your feelings * In most cases, [[Hurt manifests hurt]] - the idea that hurt people hurt people * The key reminder here is to have **incredible** empathy - [[Empathy first and always]] * We will *never* know what someone is walking through and we need to be okay with not knowing. --- ## Reference(s) * [[2023-04-17]]'s daily note * #reference-needed