Haters

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

-Eleanor Roosevelt

When haters criticize you, what do they usually pick on? How have you learned to deal with harsh attacks and negative people?

I can only speculate on what haters might pick on me for. I typically don’t stick around people I don’t like. If they are criticizing me, they don’t say it to my face so I have no idea what they would be hating on me for.

I used to get upset – angry and pissed off. How dare they say that about me? They don’t even know me. Eventually, I just stopped listening or caring. You don’t like me? Cool, great. Why should I care?

Sometimes, depending on the person, I’ll try to figure out why they don’t like me. Did we start off on the wrong foot? Did I say something that upset them? Is it fixable? I’ll try to talk to that person to figure out where we went wrong.

If someone attacks me, I usually just stay silent, even when they’ve finished. Why give someone else the satisfaction that they’ve gotten under your skin? More is said, when nothing is said at all.