I can understand these feelings you speak of, for me personally I often feel embarressed when complemented. It is not that I don't accept the praise or even have a bad view of it; sometimes I do not think it necessary. That is depending on who is giving it and what the reason behind it is.
But I agree with you both in the acceptance part.
Another thing we don't often think of or understand until humbleness comes, is the possibilites that illness is a way for God to show us what we need to see or understand in others. Unless we have been there we can not really understand what someone else is going through, or how to help others.
In my case for the last several years I have had to live without most everything do to lack of money. Yes the experience has been hard on me, but it also taught me how to manage on very little and choose my purchases wisely. And it gave me a real hard reality check on how poor people live. This can be applied to mental health as well. We can help others here because we are going through it ourselves. Gosh....hope that makes sense.