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How do you get over the fact that not everyone will like you? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It’s obvious and you would be deluded into thinking everyone you interact with likes you.

But how do you feel it?

Context: I’m a course instructor and I get direct reviews on my lessons and around 95% of feedback is positive to very positive.

There’s less than 5% of my reviews that have real negative and non-constructive comments. Things like accusations of being incompetent or unprepared or full of shit, etc. They mention times I had technical difficulties or made a mistake (like giving an incorrect response)

Just by the numbers alone this is a very small minority overall. Yet these comments stick in my head and make me doubt my abilities.

So what are your strategies or ways you drown out this stuff?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Well, do you like everyone you meet? Why expect everyone else to?

You can make the world's best apple pie and there are still people who don't like apples. That's not a flaw of the pie or them. That's just life.

I wouldn't say you get over it, more that you get used to it and realize that it's not (always) about you.