Emma Chamberlain

Like you're a plastic bag drifting in the wind, wanting to start again.

Another example,

Someone doesn't seem to like you for some reason, feels cold or distant with you for no reason.

Just maybe they just don't like your vibe because that happens sometimes.

You take that personal.

Once again, you feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind wanting to start again.

Thank you, Katy Perry, for this quote.

It's really helping me with this episode.

Another example, if you don't get invited to something, you might take this so personal, an attack on your sense of self.

Or if someone disagrees with you, maybe, instead of being like, that's okay.

No, you're like, I am an idiot.

I'm an idiot.

You see the problem here?

These are all things that shouldn't impact one's sense of self.

But if you're overly concerned with other people's opinions and thoughts about you and feelings about you, these things will impact your sense of self, your self-esteem, your self-worth.

Now it's tricky, right?

Because if you're someone who's ultra sensitive, and I can relate to this because I've had periods of my life where I've been very sensitive in this way.

can be hard to tell like okay i seem to take everything personally i seem to let everything go straight to my heart you know like i seem to let everybody's opinion of me immediately attack my my reserves of self-esteem it's hard to discern okay when should i take people's opinions to heart and when should i take them with a grain of salt

When should I let them hit my reserves of self-esteem and when should I not?

And I think the best way to figure it out is to reflect on the situation at hand and ask yourself, if upon honest reflection, if you've done anything wrong, have you genuinely done anything wrong?