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What is crab mentality?

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Crab MentalityCrab Mentality describes a way of thinking best described by the phrase...."if i can't have it, neither can you". It's a metaphor referring to a pot of crabs in which one of them tries to escape and instead is pulled down by the rest of them.

I'm not sure what it means....but I'm guessing that it has to do with the fact that if you're in a situation.... don't try to squeeze your way out of it.... 'cause everyone else will just pull you back into the problem but even deeper than before!

Edit: In regards to the 2nd paragraph above, it's a totally different definition from what he/she thinks it means.

Crab mentality basically means how people bring you down just to get themselves to the top. This entails bad rumors and gossip against you that will cause others to think you are opposite of who you really are. Once a "crab" pulls you in, it will be hard to get back up.

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