Don’t take it personally.
So many times we find ourselves taking things others say to us personally. And it gets worse when the person is important to us. But what if I told you that you actually did not have to take things personally even when you are sure it was meant that way. What if you gave yourself permission to not do it. Here are some reasons why it is not personal:
1. You are never the main character in anyone else’s mind.
2. When someone really gets upset at you it is never really about you it is what you are triggering in them
3. Try as much as you can to see the situation from the other person’s perspective. There might be something you could take responsibility for or it might be something you could let go of so that you don’t take on their issues.
4. We all use projection as a defense mechanism at times to keep us from feeling negative and uncomfortable emotions that we have not dealt with head on.
5. Wait before responding so that you can delay your response. Explore what happened without instinctively accepting or defending.
6. Remember you always have the power of what you will take into your mind and what you will not.
“No one can make you feel anything, only you can do that.”
This ends our Coping Through Covid and Beyond.
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