afraid of compliments?

Posted by sunnydays on October 29, 2006, at 10:57:55

Does anyone else find compliments scary? I've come to realize more and more that that's what it is. It's not even that I necessarily tell myself that they're not true, it's that it really frightens me to get compliments -- makes me want to curl up and hide. I'm sure it has to do with the way I was brought up, where my parents wanted to make sure being smart didn't 'go to my head', but I was wondering if anyone else has that experience? I don't necessarily reject compliments, I just act like I'm ignoring them because I'm scared of accepting them. Does that make any sense?
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afraid of compliments? sunnydays 10/29/06
Re: afraid of compliments? » sunnydays rainbutterfly 10/29/06
Re: afraid of compliments? » rainbutterfly sunnydays 10/29/06
Re: afraid of compliments? Meri-Tuuli 10/30/06
Re: afraid of compliments? Phillipa 10/30/06
Re: afraid of compliments? » Phillipa rainbutterfly 10/31/06
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