 it's absurd isn't it that's just what many people do when i imagine that picture and i see how absurd it is to wallow in self-blame i feel empowered to get out of my life and a quote unfortunately uh... the absurd behavior that this entrepreneur described is just what so many people do particularly those who spent their lives feeling like they've never quite lived up to their potential they respond to criticism first by blaming the critic and then by beating themselves up irrationalize the former by taking a debating