I Don’t Know How To React To Compliments

I struggle to take a compliment… which might not come as a surprise to a lot of you 😅

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Warning: this post very briefly discusses mental health issues.

I have no idea how to react to compliments.

I never expect them, so when someone comments, for example, on a poem of mine and says something nice my brain is either white noise, or so effusively happy that I’m worried I’m gonna scare you all off with my ENTIRE LACK OF CHILL.

I’m the same in real life — if someone says my necklace is nice, or whatever, I have zero clue how to react.

Compliments and praise are a surprise to me Every. Single. Time.

I simply don’t expect them. I expect criticism. (Yes, it’s a self-worth thing. Blame the Depression and Anxiety, OK?)

— So apologies for my increase in social awkwardness when people are nice to me! 😅

I genuinely am so thrilled when you leave me nice comments, even if my responses are a little off sometimes!

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