Can insensitive comments really mess with our minds and self-worth?

[Anonymous]

So I noticed that before I'd feel like others opinions matter more than my own.

Now it's the other way around.

And I feel like when people are insensitive it can make you question yourself a lot. Like I recently asked a question if hoping to bump into your crush is a bad thing and someone responded are you that desperate? (I'm not).

It made me feel like... I don't know like even thinking about doing something like that is wrong. It's not wrong. But there are consequences for it. And if someone focused on that part - i. e. you may stop valuing your own time, I would be much more likely to say okay that's constructive feedback.

[queenofcardio]

Insensitive comments can really get to people, especially if they already feel that way about themselves.

The key is not letting those comments affect you too much. You have to learn to brush them off and not let them bother you. Even if they do, distract yourself, stay busy, and eventually you’ll move past it.

A lot of people project their own insecurities, both online and in real life. Those comments usually say more about them than about you.

[Anonymous]

The person you are referring to is only here to insult everyone. Don't bother giving anything she says a second thought.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

They may mess with our minds and self-worth, yep.

But damage done this way is a full spectrum going from 0 to an awful lot. It will be a lot to take when they're repeated, also when they strike at a moment we're more vulnerable. And they will also stack with whatever pile of comments of the damaged already, going all the way to childhood to now.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

*pile of comments of the past that did damaged already

[Twodogs0525]

I saw your question and the person that made that comment blocked me, which means it's one of a few women on here. Two of them are pathological liars, that's why they blocked me and one of them blocked me, because she couldn't accept the fact her tag team buddy, one of the two mentioned, is delusional!

[Alex-Snow]

Life is too short for those kind of comments

[jahaims]

Only if you are weak and stupid

[In_Trance]

Only if you let them