Instead, they think "I must devalue her because I feel devalued" and, therefore, the "overrated" comment and every other devaluation of so very many who have criticized Donald Trump.
"It makes me feel devalued," Mr. Troop said.
The easy default when we feel devalued is to the role of victim, and it's a seductive pull.
Moreover, the researchers note, when patients feel devalued, they may seek care elsewhere or delay seeking it altogether to the detriment of their long-term health.
Those who felt devalued, or experienced what psychologists call "identity threat," were more likely — not less — to say they would do things like tell sexual jokes.
There are worries, too, that party members will feel devalued and less inclined to do the bread and butter work of putting leaflets through doors.
While manufacturers have long recognized the benefits of automation in streamlining processes and freeing humans from tedious tasks, such as aisle-running, there's always a concern that workers may feel devalued or even replaceable.
Counterintuitively, one of the most powerful ways to reclaim your value, when it feels threatened, is to find a way to appreciate the perspective of the person you feel devalued by.
And the person who was the most senior in the organization began to realize that people weren't asking her for advice as much as they had in the past and she started to feel devalued.
My problem, ultimately, is this: I've lived so close to death for so long that I know how thin and porous the border between coercion and free choice is, how easy it is for someone to inadvertently influence you to feel devalued and hopeless — to pressure you ever so slightly but decidedly into being "reasonable," to unburdening others, to "letting go".
In a day when hype and hyperbole have become a staple of cable news, in a day when the word "reality" has become associated with stage-managed fame-fests like "Survivor" and "Big Brother," words felt devalued and inadequate to capture the disasters at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and near Pittsburgh.
