# Why Toxic Competition Feels Normal (But Isn't) | Snapshots with Imam Tom Facchine

**Author:** Tom Facchine
**Series:** Snapshots with Imam Tom Facchine
**Published:** 2026-08-25
**YouTube:** https://youtu.be/L6moFOIXWSI
**URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/snapshots-with-imam-tom-facchine/why-toxic-competition-feels-normal-but-isnt-snapshots-with-imam-tom-facchine
**Topics:** General Psychology, Identity, Islamic Ethics, Politics & Practical Theology, Psychology & Mental Health

## Description
Somewhere between ambition and envy, a lot of us start measuring our worth by other people's numbers. Without realizing it, we can begin hoping to see them stumble. In this Snapshot, Imam Tom Facchine names this pattern directly: toxic competition, and traces it back to a simple shift in where...

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