Is it normal to feel hurt and doubt people who say bad things about you?

[jennifer_bloom]

In high school I heard my aunt telling my dad that I was not very smart and that was not something he could control and I felt like she was lying when she said I was not smart, because if I train long enough and hard enough, I believe I can achieve the same things as the brilliant intellectuals in the world.

My cousin gave me advice about how I can live on my own in an apartment building after my parents die and I felt like she was slandering me by saying I would live in an apartment when I have been a faithful bible follower for decades and deserve to live in a house and not in a one bedroom apartment.

By saying I could not live in a house, I felt like she was suggesting I do not deserve to live in a house.

The Bible says, if you follow the teachings of Ben Sira and Psalms and Proverbs and Deuteronomy, you will become rich, so I felt like she was denying my commitment to God when she suggested I deserved to live in an apartment and not in a house because I was not an American Ivy League grad like her.

I studied at the Best University in my Country, but since it is not an American school, it does not count as an Ivy League.

[exitseven]

yes, when people badmouth you it can be hurtful, especially when it is froim somebody you thought was a friend.

[Chris009800]

I suppose it's more about where you can afford to live.