Hi Kala83,

I understand feeling worthless. Like you, I've had my mistakes pointed out to me far too many times. After being reminded so often about how you screw things up, you end up feeling pretty worthless, and like you can't do anything right.

It is taking therapy for me to learn how to feel more value toward myself. Are you in therapy?

I am learning that some people are just very critical by nature. Some people naturally go around pointing out people's mistakes. Are the people who are critical toward you also critical toward others? Do they point out other people's mistakes all the time also? If so, then realize that the problem may not be you at all. The problem might be the person who is critical toward everybody else.

It helps also to know that none of us can please everybody all the time. No matter how hard we try, there will always be somebody who will misunderstand us, criticize us, or take offense at what we do. So part of growth is realizing that we can't escape criticism. All we can do is weigh the criticism to see if there is any truth to it. If so, we try to improve ourselves. If not, we have to dismiss it and let it roll off our back.