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Man Child🦄

Have you ever met anyone who is good at talking, has a great idea, or has a dream that sounds and has to wow, the kind of person who says that if you listen to him tell a business plan or an art project, you might think that this person has to go a long way, but believe me, after a while, we find that he is still in the same place as he was on his first day.

This is a psychological state that they often call Man Child or Peter Pan Syndrome. It doesn't mean he's lazy or stupid, but he's using his inner childhood as a shield to escape the real world. It's sad to think about it, because these people tend to stick to the word "one day." They talk about a fancy future all the time, but they never start doing anything today because they're afraid of mediocrity, afraid of starting over, or having to accept criticism from others.

Carl Jung, a psychotherapist, once described it very sharply, that this group of people are living a temporary life, or Provisional Life, like an actor who is full of repertoire and does not stop but does not open the curtain because he is not perfect. The imaginary potential he created will collapse. Here I think it is a trap for the word talent. Many people have been praised as good since childhood. Deep down, afraid of being ordinary, afraid of starting from scratch, not going out to do anything, so it becomes the best way to protect themselves because the unused potential is the only thing that will never fail.

But the truth is more cruel, because growth is to choose one path and give up the other. But these people often try to keep every choice for themselves. In the end, it turns out that life never goes anywhere. In fact, what's more, they often use the unfairness of the economic system as an excuse so they don't have to choose to do anything. In the end, it's to let fear steal their lives.

Now, when it comes to relationships, it ends again. At first, he may be very attractive, but when his marriage is responsible or boring routine, he becomes uncomfortable because he feels that the boundaries of love are tightening, so he chooses to disappear or Ghosting to start a new relationship in a dating app to avoid learning to live with reality.

Personally, I think it's very interesting to leave this cycle, because it's not about killing a child in itself, it's about bringing the discipline of an adult hand in hand with the dreamer of that child. It's the courage to admit that we may suck today. We may not have anything special, but we will do it repeatedly like a hardworking ordinary person. Don't wait for the best version. In the end, the beautiful potential in the imagination is not comparable to the work that may be scratched, but it's what we've really done in the world.

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... Read moreจากประสบการณ์ส่วนตัว ผมเคยพบเจอคนในลักษณะ Man Child นี้หลายคน ซึ่งแม้พวกเขาจะเต็มไปด้วยความคิดสร้างสรรค์และความฝันที่น่าตื่นเต้น แต่สิ่งที่ขาดกลับเป็นการลงมือทำจริงอย่างต่อเนื่อง ในฐานะที่ได้ทำงานร่วมกับคนกลุ่มนี้มา ผมสังเกตว่าเขามักจะกลัวความล้มเหลวและคำวิจารณ์มากที่สุด ส่งผลให้ไม่กล้าเริ่มต้นลงมือทำงานที่จริงจัง การซ้อมใหญ่แบบไม่มีวันจบที่คาร์ล จุงพูดถึงนั้นสะท้อนถึงความกลัวที่ลึกซึ้งในใจของพวกเขา อีกเรื่องที่สำคัญคือ การยอมรับในตัวเองว่าอาจจะไม่ได้เก่งที่สุดหรือสมบูรณ์แบบตั้งแต่เริ่มต้น แต่อย่างน้อยการลงมือทำซ้ำๆ เป็นการสร้างประสบการณ์และพัฒนาตัวเอง ซึ่งเป็นหนทางที่ช่วยเปลี่ยนความฝันให้กลายเป็นผลงานจริงๆ ในเรื่องความสัมพันธ์ผมก็เคยเห็นว่าคนกลุ่มนี้มักเลี่ยงการเผชิญหน้ากับความรับผิดชอบ และเลือกทางออกง่ายๆ อย่างการ Ghosting ซึ่งในระยะยาวจะส่งผลลบต่อทั้งคู่และตัวเอง สุดท้ายผมเชื่อว่า Man Child ไม่ใช่คำตัดสินที่ลบ แต่เป็นโอกาสให้เราเข้าใจและช่วยเหลือกันผ่านการสนับสนุนให้เขาหรือเธอเรียนรู้การผสมผสานความฝันไว้กับการสร้างวินัยที่ดีในชีวิตประจำวัน เพราะนั่นคือหนทางสู่ความสำเร็จและความสุขที่แท้จริง

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