Competition happens in our lives in any relationship. These can be love relationships, child-parent relationships, or relationships between colleagues. Rivalry can arise on its own, or it can be artificially created. For example, a woman can resort to such a technique to spur a man’s interest in herself. It is enough just to hint that the man has a competitor. But the result cannot always be predicted. After all, winning is important to many men. And even if the interest in a woman is not very great, then an instinctive desire to overcome an opponent may turn on. And, perhaps, on the way to victory, not the best means will be used, which you may ultimately regret. Sometimes the desire for competition, on the contrary, can be useful. In sports, this encourages you to achieve better results and improve yourself and your body. But in family and love relationships, the benefits of rivalry are already very doubtful. This can lead to aggression and loss of intimacy. If competition appears between spouses, then it can later develop into a struggle for power in the family. And then a loss of intimacy and a cooling of relationships may occur. Rivalry may also appear in the relationship between parents and children. A son can compete with a son, a mother with a daughter. Although this may happen a little differently. Many boys have a strong hierarchical instinct, which makes them strive to take the main position in the family. As they grow older and become stronger, they may unwittingly begin to compete with their father. However, all because of that instinct, fathers are also in no hurry to give up their positions. They can “press” their sons, suppress rebellion and show their power and superiority in every possible way. But the rivalry between mother and daughter has a slightly different background. As the daughter grows up and blossoms, the mother begins to perceive her as competition. But that is not all. After all, the more a daughter blossoms, the more she reminds her mother of her age. And here some mothers may find various “flaws” both in appearance and in the way they dress and behave. What to do about it? Try to monitor such tendencies in yourself and move from competition to cooperation. And the desire to compete with someone can grow out of envy and insecurity. Therefore, it is important to improve your self-esteem and believe in yourself.