I hate to even admit this about myself because as I think about it and write this post,, the voice inside of me is saying how unbelievable it is that I got to this age without learning how to accept criticism, that if I haven't learned by now I never will, that this is why I have so many problems in my life, that I'm very immature, etc etc etc. In other words, even thinking about the topic of criticism, has sent me down a long road of self-criticism that makes me want to drop the whole topic but I won't. So if you are a person who is good at accepting criticism and making good use of it when you get it, I would like to hear how you manage to do that. I would especially like to hear from anyone who had difficulty accepting criticism, but now does not.
I do know one reason I am this way is that my parents were hypercritical with one another as well as being hypersensitive--a terrible combination. I see a similar pattern in myself as well as the majority of my siblings. Other than that I don't know what the hypercriticalness/hypersensitivity issue is about for me and would welcome what others think.

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