ANSWERS: 6
  • No, some people do not like to have compliments either...but why feel like a liar or want to cry?
  • Not stupid, but not healthy. The best thing to say to a compliment is 'thank you'. . You are worthy of compliments.
  • It's not stupid. Just sad because it sounds like you don't feel you deserve them.
  • No it doesn't sound stupid but it does sound like you might have very low self-esteem.
  • I've been there. I'd been bullied by my father and stepfather so much that I began to internalize their opinion of me and to not be able to see anyone else's view of me as valid. Eventually, I came to realize that I have a heavenly Father who has a very different view of me. His view is that I am worth dying for. He loves me so much that He is willing to spare no sacrifice to be with me. With that, I was able to slowly find my way back. I came to see that my father and stepfather were pitiful men who had no respect for themselves and could only make themselves feel better by making me feel small. I took care of a friend when she was deathly ill and there was no one else to do it, and realized I wasn't such a worthless person after all. I visualized tearing up the suicide note I'd been composing in my head and decided to live. I earned a college degree with honors. I found a wonderful man and married him. I defeated my bullies. You are also a pearl of great price. God also loves you enough to die for you. You are that valuable to the creator of the universe that He can't stop thinking about you. He would give Himself for you, even if the rest of us weren't here. You are so precious that you can't even imagine it. He loves you. You are not a liar when you get a compliment. But there is a liar who is keeping you from being able to accept a compliment. He is a destroyer and he will destroy you if he can. He may be using another human being to destroy you, but make no mistake who it is coming from. Flee from him.
  • No, it doesn't sound that stupid. Compliments can make a person nervous because you suddenly feel like you have to live up to the praise. It would be healthier to just accept the praise and move on, though.

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