The real reason Belle escaped into books. Is your lament that 'no one understands me' actually because you were the one who abandoned greetings first?

Introduction: We misunderstand Belle

Belle, the heroine of 'Beauty and the Beast.'

The reason she was lonely in the village was never'because she was too smart'.
The side of the story the official version doesn't tell. Hidden within it is the'curse called self-esteem' that we modern people carry. Why did she choose loneliness, and how did she break that curse?

From the perspective of depth psychology, I will expose its true nature.

Chapter 1: The wall of 'pretending not to hear' that she built herself

The villagers' cheerful 'Bonjour!' greetings. Belle keeps her eyes on her book and decides to pretend she doesn't hear them.
Her level of social anxiety is now a severe '80 percent.'
However, her ears are sharper than anyone else's at picking up the voices of the outside world.
'I want to think I'm special. But I want someone to treat me as special.'. Such an inflated self-consciousness made her put up a clumsy barrier called 'pretending not to hear.'
The reason she was able to reject those around her to this extent was because she had a certain conviction.

She believed this without a doubt. To a person who believes they are the protagonist of a story, the daily greetings of villagers are nothing more than noise not even worth stopping the turning of a page for. In the end, it's not that she hates people. She was just a coward who could only speak in a 'safe place that wouldn't hurt her.'
To tell the truth, I, who am running my pen like this, was once one of those people who withdrew into the barrier of 'books' and turned my back on the outside world. That is precisely why I understand painfully well how lonely, yet sweet, her 'pretending not to hear' is as an escape.

Chapter 2: The 'calculating' psychology of rejecting Gaston and choosing the Beast

Gaston, the only man in the village who ignored her barrier and stepped in with muddy boots.
Originally, for the socially anxious Belle, he should have been a savior who 'came from the other side,' but she treated him like trash.
Why? Because Gaston's pushiness was not meant to make her the 'protagonist,' but to make Gaston himself the 'protagonist.'
Belle did not want to become someone's'accessory'.

What Gaston sought was a beautiful ornament to decorate his own muscles and achievements. But what Belle craved was an environment that treated her intelligence and loneliness as 'special' and bowed down to her.
The reason she was truly lonely was not because there was no one around.

'A person who would step in exactly the way I idealize' was not in the village at all.
The servants, and the Beast.
The reason they were able to melt Belle's heart was because they were in a state of ultimate'Belle dependency' where they would die (the curse wouldn't be broken) if Belle wasn't there.
A place that satisfies her pride to the extreme.
That is the true nature of the'place to belong' that Belle wanted to obtain even at the cost of abandoning her village.

Chapter 3: The 'three courages' to end loneliness

It's not as if Belle opened her heart from the beginning.

What melted that stubborn heart was not the luxurious meal, but the 'hospitality' (Be Our Guest) that the servants sang.
She must have realized then: 'Even if I stay in my castle, no one will be happy. But if I take one step into their circle, there is such a warm world.'

If you are currently barricaded in a castle of loneliness like Belle, saying 'no one understands me.' This story is confronting you with

three cruel and kind truths.1. Do not think of 'greetings' as a sign of surrender.

Please discard the pride that was afraid of becoming a 'normal person' the moment you returned a greeting. That is not a defeat, but the first step to obtaining the right to connect with the outside world.
2. If you want to join the circle, shave off that 'too-high pride.'

Smile awkwardly, and join the group circle while remaining clumsy. At that moment, your castle will finally turn into a comfortable 'home.'
3. Taking someone's hand is not something to be ashamed of.

The fact that Belle finally took the Beast's hand was not a compromise. It was the greatest 'courage' in her life, being able to admit, 'I cannot break this curse by myself.'
Relying on someone, and grasping a hand offered to you without hesitation.

That is not weakness, but a proud decision permitted only to those who try to move their own lives.

Next preview: 'Frozen' Elsa edition

The 'ice castle' she built is much colder and sharper than Belle's castle.
I will expose the true nature of the most troublesome 'curse' that we modern people carry: 'Because I am too kind, I close myself off.'
(From next time, it will be a paid-only release. Please follow and wait.)