Emmanuel Nigel: "Classical Loyalists are Prone to Detrimental Experiences."

By Emmanuel Nigel

Piemonte House

Date: Sunday, May 4th, 2025

As we all know that loyalty is a strong feeling of devotion or total commitment to a person, Group, Organization, cause, or ideal. That aspect of it is good and it is vital to be loyal. However, loyalty can relatively be harmful when the allegiance to the other person becomes consistently detrimental to us. The sense of loyalty should not cause us to become less thoughtful, exploited or abused and see others who aren't loyal to you or to the person you are loyal to. "Classical Loyalists are Prone to Detrimental Experiences." In case, they are not pretenders for their loyalty. Because maintaining too much loyalty can create too much pressure to uphold a certain level of commitment, which can be stressful, especially if the relationship or situation is no longer serving the individual which will eventually happen.

Loyalty can prevent individuals from seeing the horrible actions or flaws of those they are loyal to, making them more vulnerable to manipulation or harm. It requires compromises and sacrifices, leading to stress and potential burnout. Individuals feel pressure to constantly meet the expectations of the people they are loyal to, which can be emotionally draining. You always think about those you are loyal to and you can fail to think of yourself.

Ideally, Classical Loyalists have the difficulties to move on or make necessary and plausible decisions and changes. Or if they make one or two, one may be just worse. We should know how to deal with loyalty well so that the strong feeling of devotion or total commitment have some relevant.