Being a “Good Person” is a Trap

for yourself and those around you

Martina Petkova
6 min readMay 16, 2024

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Photo by Pablo Hermoso on Unsplash

There are many faces to the malfunctioning “good person.”

You could be a “nice guy” or “nice girl” who thinks you’re selflessly doing and saying all the right things and so your love interest owes you affection, a relationship , or whatever it is that you believe you’ve “purchased” by being nice.

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Martina Petkova

In my Medium writing, I explore the human psyche, our many contradictions, mental health, & the signs and causes of abuse. I also write about racism.