Maybe you folks have better ideas...

[cjsmith]

What do you do when someone dumps a steaming pile of judgment all over you, still warm from the source?

I haven't yet learned how to not care, and I'm often bad with a quick zinger of a comeback. So what I do is just kinda mope. Not optimal I suppose.

Comments

[lrc.livejournal.com]

Depending on how much it bothers me. Sometimes I go for a reality check. I'd been using my LJ for that, but now have those posts hidden behind my navalgazing filter.

Every so often, there is a kernel of truth to the judgement, and getting feedback from others can be a good, if somewhat painful, way of learning ways in which I need to grow.

[sharya.livejournal.com]

I agree, sometimes the feedback is really good... but often the manner in which it's delivered leaves a lot to be desired! (Lately anyways)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sometimes (ok, often) I take a little time to think about my own answer to the question "am I really like that?". I'm not sure which times get under my skin more -- the ones when I have to say yes I am a bit like that, or the ones when I think it's really wide of the mark.