Bastien Slater
Sep 7, 2018 · 1 min read

I have a seriously hard time taking a compliment, and it all depends on whos giving me the compliment as well. For instance, let’s say my sister gives me a compliment. For some strange reason, it annoys me. This uncomfortable, peeved feeling starts to rise from somewhere inside me, and despite knowing that it’s just her trying to be nice, I can’t accept it for whatever reason.

If it’s a friend who gives me a compliment, I sorta squirm in my seat, not entirely sure how to respond. Do I need to return the compliment? Would it be rude if I didn’t? All kinds of questions start to bounce around as I awkwardly smile.

However, if it’s someone considerably older than me, it’s so much easier. I just smile kindly, say thank you to show my appreciation. It makes me wonder why it’s so hard to do the same with the other types of compliments. I mean, it seems simple, right? It doesn’t make much sense on why it has to be so hard.

There’s probably some psychologist that could hear this and tell me all the deep secrets about myself I never really knew, but I’m not going to blow $100 on a single, hour long visit.

Either way, I guess what I’m getting at is maybe I should try doing this 30 day compliment challenge sometime. If I do, it might help with me accepting a compliment from my sister. If I do ever end up doing it, I’ll let you know.

    Bastien Slater

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