Why is it so hard to admit when one is wrong?

I think it depends on your personality how you deal with it. When someone points out that I was wrong, and i know I did wrong then I surely will admit to it because it will not make me down, it will just help me make myself better. My husband can never admit to his mistakes, neither can be apologize for them. He even though I can see it in his eyes that he knows he has done wrong, yet he wont accept it in any way possible. Yes its very much related to ego, because you dont want 2 bow down in front of somebody else. You dont want anybody to judge your action, just go with the flow. I believe people who fail to admit their mistakes never can grow in life, as a human, as a friend, as a family person because you end up making difficulties in relationships. So try to assess yourself and trust me your ego wont be crushed if you accept it, you will actually stand up even greater in the eyes of the people.

i hate to admit when i'm wrong too...but i don't want to let my self practice this kind of behavior because it will cause more trouble, when i think i'm the one who did wrong, i will admit that i'm wrong, i will make apologize and i learn from my every mistake, so that we can gain respect from other people. I know sometime we will find it hard to admit our wrong or mistakes, it is like we are about to lose our own self respect right? but what if we keep practice this kind of behavior is we will only lose our friendship, living is about breakthrough & learning to improve ourselves and to gain respect from other people, not to make it worse. I hope this will help you a little bit. :)

When I am at work and I am wrong I hate to admit to my boss because he is the type to rub it in my face.Among my friends or at home I do not mind admitting when I am wrong. Some people put up such a debate about discussions and then when the get proven wrong they feel dumb and I think that is why they do not like to admit they are wrong.

All humans have the sin of pride. Pride can be a good thing and a a bad thing. It is good in making us proud of our hard-earned accomplishments and help to boost our self-esteem. The same pride and self-esteem can be in negative light when we do wrong. We can't admit to ourselves that we did and we resort to excuses simply becuase we can't sometimes cope with the idea. Even we do, but sometimes, it is had to admit weakness especially to ourselves. it;s not sometime to be ashamed of becuase it is natural but in certain situations, we need to see ourselves in other people's perspective and not just in our own.

Humans have pride. It is in their highest level that they don't want to lower it to admit their mistakes. I do admit when I commit mistakes or when I am wrong. I don't want to pretend that I am right. I am honest. I don't brag.

its human phychology...,no one wants failures in life do they? only success. people succeed when they take failures as stepping stones to success.

You need to meet my wife! haha In over 40 years of marriage she has never admitted that she is wrong. When there is uncontested evidence that she is wrong she will be tight lipped as you can see her mind working furiously to work out a 'get-out' clause. And I hand it to her, she is bright enough (given time) to work out a plausible reason for someone or something else to be the reason for the error! It is quite impressive to experience her! And of course I love her to bits, notwithstanding.

yeah i think it can be ego. it can also be a 2 way street though when one feels the other has got some wrong to admit to. others mean well and can just simply be a disagreement with another person who doesn't feel the same way.

yeah... you need to understand the word "humble". most people want to brag how great they are and they think that they are the best... but lets face it... we are not perfect, there is only near to perfection... so meaning there are always somebody who are much better than we are and we need to accept the fact that we do make mistakes... mistakes is not the end of the world... but the mother of all success... mistake teach us how to grow as a individual and as a community. it's also a ways to understand maturity... we need to understand where we commit the mistake, what went wrong so that next time we won't fall for the same mistake that we made... when the time that you will grow up it would be easier for you to accept the mistakes that you make and try not to repeat it again.

Being wrong is something that will humiliate you, which is why those who are wrong will never want to tell the truth. Many are aware and conscious that doing the wrong things will go against any rules or regulations. All religions will not tolerate wrong did. We know this and the feeling has deeply been rooted in ourselves that being wrong is something that will only bring bad effects. In certain situations people have to admit that they are wrong in the hope that upon admitting that you are wrong, expected things will change and favor him or her.

It does always seem like a rather hard one to swallow to say the very least. There are just a lot of people who really refuse to really deal with the fact that they are wrong. There are just going to be people out there who will take all of the credit and none of the blame. There are many people who will be very right and they'll sing it from the mountaintops. However, when they are wrong, they really sweep it under the rug. They cannot properly face reality, so they are going to rather lie to themselves. Of course admitting that you're wrong is just really good, as that means you'll admit your mistakes and rather learn from them. Still many people are that short sighted. Then they rather will not admit they are wrong.

I know how you feel. I have the same problem admitting I am wrong. I also, always have to say the last words when in an argument. My husband hates it when I continue to try and talk my way out of a confrontation. He would always say, "you always have to be right or have the last word." Sometimes, I feel so guilty that I just laugh or walk away knowing everything he says is true. Its called stubborn and willfullness that is my biggest downfall.

Ego and pride are the number 1 enemy of humbleness. I don't understand why most people are having difficulty in accepting its own mistakes or admitting that they are wrong. Maybe we should broaden our mind and accept the fact that nobody is perfect and everyone of us can commit mistakes.

pride, embarrassment, ego, belittlement, some people feel this when they are wrong but won't admit it in case it hurts their pride, embarrasses them, bruises the ego and belittles them, however some people are just pig headed and arrogant and seem to think they are right all the time, which to me is egotistic and embarrassing, then other people just don't see past themselves and refuse to believe they are wrong because they are so self absorbed

Ego is definitely the one stopping from accepting our mistakes. We do something and later we realize that it is wrong, this raises a serious conflict in our mind about right and wrong. Obviously we tend to resolve this conflict, while most prefer to ignore the truth and act like they were correct, only few can accept their mistakes and move forward.

Yes, I think it is basically a ego issue. But the good thing is that once you start admitting that you've been wrong, it gets easier gradually. So even if you think it is hard now, it doesn't mean it will always be!