Posted by mair on August 27, 2002, at 20:59:27
I started thinking about this as I was reading the thread about tina having such a hard time. I've always hated compliments. They embarrass me and seem so undeserved. My therapist thinks I pretty much filter them out right away. I can't ever imagine having felt differently.
I know it's not this way for everyone. My husband will frequently repeat to me favorable things someone has said to him about work he's done. It obviously means something to him. Nice things someone says to me never seem to stay with me and i would never repeat them to someone else.
I understand that people who are depressed frequently have low opinions of themselves that are surely at odds with the compliments they receive. I'm pretty much the same way about compliments when I'm not depressed as I am when I'm down.
Have others noticed the same thing about themselves?
Mair
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