[PianogirlPlays]

I am struggling with having negative feelings about myself in relationship with other people. It feels like each interaction is marred by some negative sense of failure on my part even though there are positive parts. This feeling is creating a lot of pain and personal criticism. None of it is as bad as my feelings . Habit and some truly poor responses by others has contributed to this problem. I want to feel better and tell myself the truth that in actual fact I am doing alright and things aren't going that badly.

[Fuzzybear]

Sometimes others do respond poorly to us and it isn't our fault at all..

I don't have much I can say but I relate

Originally Posted by PianogirlPlays

I am struggling with having negative feelings about myself in relationship with other people. It feels like each interaction is marred by some negative sense of failure on my part even though there are positive parts. This feeling is creating a lot of pain and personal criticism. None of it is as bad as my feelings . Habit and some truly poor responses by others has contributed to this problem. I want to feel better and tell myself the truth that in actual fact I am doing alright and things aren't going that badly.

Les Brown said:

The easiest thing I’ve ever done was to earn a million dollars. The most difficult thing I’ve ever done was to believe it could happen to me. That was the most difficult part: to believe.

You have to believe in yourself and to talk to yourself positively while trying to improve yourself. Our mind is wired to be negative by default. We need to make an effort to learn how to be positive.

[littleowl2006]

Hi there, don't let some bad responses discourage you! Others can be weird too and it might not have to anything to do with you. I think it is awesome that you want to be more confident and that you know that it isn't all you. Many misunderstandigs or bad feelings come from misinterpretations or that we think see our own bad image of ourselves reflected in the other person's behaviour. If you are being open and authentic, others will see that. And if you accept yourself more, you might care less or fear that you did something wrong