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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-09-22 03:33 pm

[ SECRET POST #2455 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2455 ⌋

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Re: Learn any life lessons this week?

(Anonymous) 2013-09-22 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Not this week, but fairly recently, I've come to the realization that a lot of the time when people say rude/hurtful/none of their business things to complete strangers, they're projecting their own issues onto you. It's not about you, it's about them, and it's not your problem, it's theirs. Don't take it personally. I know this is probably common sense, and also much easier said than done, but lately I've really started to believe it. My mom's always told me this but recently there have been several examples where someone unnecessarily criticized me for something (sexuality, having kids, career path, etc.), only to have it turn out later that they were struggling with that same thing and had massive levels of projection and denial going on.

I've tried to keep this in mind when dealing with people and it's actually helped a lot in keeping from getting upset if I realize that if someone says 'your sexuality is wrong and you need to be fixed' there's a good chance they're dealing with some sexuality issues of their own (of course there's also a chance that they're just an asshole, but either way it's not my fault).