My therapist suggested I try this when I have anxious thoughts: What is the worst that can happen, what is the best that can happen and what is most likely? So in the case of comments that make me uncomfortable I would ask myself: what is the worst thing? This person is making fun of me. What is the best thing? This person is just joking around. What is most likely? The comment probably has nothing to do with me. I can take it a step further... What is the worst thing that can happen if this person makes fun of me? It hurts my feelings. What is the best thing? I don’t care at all. What is most likely? I will feel hurt or annoyed by this person making fun of me but I will realize it doesn’t really mean anything and blow it off. I have found this helps me a lot.