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people disliking me
I have such a hard time with criticism or people not liking me. I definitely don’t think I’m undeserving of criticism, but it’s very difficult for me to deal with. Any tips?
I have such a hard time with criticism or people not liking me. I definitely don’t think I’m undeserving of criticism, but it’s very difficult for me to deal with. Any tips?
Something I've learned coming into my young adult years is that truthfully, no one really cares, or is thinking about you that much. Everyone is worried about their own lives and own insecurities, and yours are non-existent in their minds. Plus, I will give you a tip.... If someone doesn't like you, then you don't need them in your life honey! The right people/friends that will actually love and truthfully care about you will love you for who YOU are. You will never have to change or worry about yourself for the right people. Criticism is hard for everybody, (definitely not trying to de-validate you, you are completely right to feel those feelings!) but it is hard to hear. Nobody wants to hear that they are doing something wrong. But hey, guess what? We all do bad things! This is coming from someone who has done some very, very bad things, and there are a lot of people criticizing me in the background. I worry about it too and I feel like no one likes me because of it. Try to think of criticism as an opportunity to grow and be a better version of yourself! Don't take or tolerate unnecessary criticism from people that don't like you, because simply put, it's not your truth. I'm sorry you are feeling these feelings and I wish you the best!
I’ll add my own experience. I had a group of friends who I thought were family. But more interactions with them revealed to me how insecure they really were. In the guise of “constructive criticism”, I was told that I was too fat and ugly to attract a female SO. That I was unworthy of love or physical intimacy. I actually took that advice to improve myself, lost a bunch of weight, got a physical trainer, and started “looking better”. But, even then, I got the same bullshit story and told I wasn’t in the top 20% of men and that I lacked personality (I needed to become a jerk). This is called projection, narcissists do it all the time. So I now realize that I need to find an authentic inner self. I also realize that ironically, my most authentic version of myself was when I was “fat and ugly”. I started down the authentic path, visiting places I wanted to go (hint: my user name says it all) and I soon started getting criticism for it. I went to Lake Tahoe/Reno instead of Las Vegas, because I like nature and western stuff. My friend was shocked at that and how dare I skip Vegas? Lol 😂
I talk in a lot of my articles about hyper-sensitivity in OCD. This is so much more common than we think. It is because we are so in tune with others and so empathetic sometimes I think- that we believe everyone must think like us. I really encourage you to do some self-compassion- look into Kimberly Quinlan- she has some great resources on this.💛
I apologize I post here a lot lol. I have a few questions/I want to vent about this. My therapist and I have identified one of the triggers I’ve been trying to work on, which is my fear of never being good enough; for myself, my family, my friends, for my romantic relationships, and just in general. Honestly, I hate myself so much. Not for any reason in particular, but I overanalyze everything I do and let it consume me. I know this is normal for most people, and everyone goes through bouts of self depreciation and lack of self love. I’m trying to give my love to myself that I’ve always given to other people and it’s so difficult. It’s really funny, I need male validation even though I feel like I can never trust a man ever again. I was broken up with at the beginning of April, and so you can imagine how my self worth really has been feeling. I’m aware my self worth isn’t based on other people’s perception of me, but I just want to be loved consistently through my ocd and adhd. It feels like it’s too much for people, while I simultaneously feel like I’m making this a massive deal. I don’t want to get into another relationship ever again, I just think I’m too weird for most men or they’ll take advantage of me for something again. I think if a man is nice to me, it means there’s an ulterior motive or a catch. There’s genuinely no way someone even cares as much about me as I do them, it’s always one sided. I love my friends, I’m taking about relationships wise. Not to mention, I hate the way I look and act. When I think I’m somewhat decent looking, there’s always a post to pop up with this stunningly beautiful girl. I can never catch up with modern beauty standards. I hate this so so so much. I hate feeling this way, how do I make this all stop?
This might not even be OCD related, but I have a difficult time standing up for myself or just communicating boundaries with others. I'm trying to improve, but it's not easy. I always feel guilty after saying anything, like maybe I'm being dramatic, or maybe I'm in the wrong for not ignoring their words/actions and moving on. Even if the person doesn't respond with a negative reaction, I start spiraling :(
I have OCD and C-PTSD and so sometimes having a different opinion makes me feel like I'm automatically wrong or like I'm a bad person for thinking differently. I feel like this is esepecially true with social media and Tik Tok when you see other people's opinions from a lot of different perspectives and people get labeled at a bad person by strangers who don't know them. I don't want to feel like a bad person for having a different opinion than friends and/or the internet. I mostly think the same as them in a lot of different ways, but one or two things I think differently (examples of my thoughts I see are different sometimes: I think people can change but that doesn't excuse their actions and they should get therapy; I don't think all AI is bad, it just needs better regulation and shouldn't be used to replace people, I think it can be a helpful tool; I think just because someone uploads something that's considered "weird" on a public site (like cosplay, or a fashion choice, or etc) doesn't make it okay to make a video about them and making fun of them or be mean (like the teen/child who did the "bad" red lobster cover)) How do I learn to be okay with having different opinions than other people?
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