When you give up the belief that it's all about you experience a bigger social freedom since you know that feeling constrained by how people may react is just to a large part an illusion. Trying new things is of course not only fun and a great way to grow.
Henrik Edberg is the creator of the Positivity Blog and has written weekly articles here since 2006. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Gothenburg and has been featured on Lifehack, The Huffington Post and Paulo Coelho’s blog. Click here to learn more…
Criticism is a way for the one critiquing to release pent up anger, frustration or jealousy. Or a way to reinforce that his/her viewpoint or belief is the right one. Or s/he may have habit of getting others involved emotionally – baiting them – to build a negative spiral, an argument/fight or to get attention.
Yes, in your head you may be the most important person in the world. But don't project that onto other people. Because in their world the most important person is probably them or their kid (s). Now, the thing here is that people tend to care if you care though. Emotions are contagious.