The best ways to stop taking everything so personally
If you spend your life taking everything personally, you’ll spend your life being unhappy too.
by: E.B. Johnson
WWe’re all susceptible to taking offence from time to time, but taking things personally all the time can cause some serious problems in your relationships and your life. When our sensitivity buttons get pushed, a whole host of reactions and emotions can get brought to the surface. A lot of those reactions are negative ones, based around negative emotions like irritation, resentment and hurt.
If someone says something that feels like a personal affront, we can quickly find ourself wrapped up in injured emotions and feelings of being irked, humiliated and even exasperated. Taking everything personally is a sure-fire way to sabotage yourself and alienate yourself from the people that matter most. Before turning to that distress and disappointment inward, take some time to understand your emotions and the way they drive your reactions.
Why are we so offended?
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