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Negative comments
Hi,
I was wondering if you could give me any advice on how to develop a thick skin and how to not take negative comments personally.
To be honest this happens at college mostly, but I'm very sensitive,so how would you suggest I ignore jelous comments?
If you're wondering what made me ask you this question it was because I notice recently you told someone that there was a problem with my advice, when in fact I excell in the subject area I chose to answer. This obviously upset me and I didn't appriciate it. So how in future could I stop taking comments like this to heart?
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Maybe give some free advice about: Mental health?
I know the question you are asking about. There were several problems with you answer that I saw. First by way of how you answered you were giving adviice you are not qualified to give You said you were 17. To me that meant you are taking physc.. 101 or high school physc. That does not make you are qualified to give the advice you gave though you offered it as qualified advise. Even if we were doctors we don't offer diagnoses or treatments as we can not examine someone properly. This is why I wrote what I did.
Now as to your question. You can tell me or anyone else we are wrong and to go to hell. Your entitled to you opinion and I to mine. You and I are both entitled to correct a wrong when we see it as I did. Being a sufferer of depression I saw something you may have missed. What you told her was great for normal run of the mill depression. But I saw several key factors that pointed to more than normal depression.
Of course my wife works in the mental health field. Because of this I'm surrounded by these questions and she is a great resource for me in answering these questions
If you want a thicker skin you build one by first learning from and admitting to mistakes when made. Then keep telling yourself, I am better thanI was yesterday and I will be even better tomorrow. The people who have a problem with me just don't know me and have not taken the time to learn what I have learned. If they can't accept me for who I am the I don't need them.
NOTE: depression is a very scary place when giving advice to someone who thinks they may be depressed always suggest they see a doctor to be screened. Always add the disclaimer that you are not a doctor.
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