How to (Try to) Not Take Things Personally
By Savvy Psychologist Ellen Hendriksen on February 10, 2018
We all have our soft spots—the tender underbellies of our psyche. But to the hypersensitive among us, a gentle poke can feel more like a thwack from a meat tenderizer. Comments don’t slide off of us like water from a duck’s back. Instead, we feel more like a sitting duck.
Why we’d want to toughen up seems obvious: criticism hurts more when we’re sensitive or take things personally. But aside from protecting ourselves from pain, not taking things personally pays off in other ways as well.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-try-to-not-take-things-personally/
