Do not take things personally!
How do you learn not to take things personally?
READ ON YOU STUPID ASSHOLE (nothing personal) :-)
Don't take things personally because it's not "personal".
When someone is doing or saying something to you, it is NOT ABOUT YOU, IT IS about THEM.
THIS COULD BE REGARDED AS ONE OF THOSE INCREDIBLY RARE TIMES WHEN IT IS GOOD TO TAKE THE POSITION THAT THE WORLD IS NOT REVOLVING AROUND YOU!
So, why do we make ourselves the important part of this interaction, when the truth is the other person is making himself the important part of the interaction?
WOULDN'T THIS THEN BE A GOOD TIME TO TAKE THE POSITION WITH YOUR OPPONENT THAT, "YES, (in this one instance) THE WORLD IS REVOLVING AROUND YOU"! WITH YOU BEING THE OPPONENT???
YET, IF WHAT THEY SAID BOTHERS YOU AND STICKS IN YOUR GUT TO THE LEVEL OF SEVERITY OF BEING CONSTIPATED FOR 3 DAYS STRAIGHT; SIMPLY LASH BACK USING WORDS WHICH HIT THEM BELOW THE BELT!!! Because as T'Pau said in the original Star Trek episode Spock's Wedding, "This is a fight to the DEATH!!!"
AND...If you STILL hear yourself saying, "I can't believe they did that to ME", then stop, and realize you are BEING A WUSS by personalizing (becoming the owner of) someone else's behavior.
Just think to yourself, WHY THE FUCK AM I GIVING THIS PERSON THAT MUCH POWER OVER ME AND MY FEELINGS OF SELF-WORTH???
WHY THE FUCK WOULD I WANT TO GIVE THIS PERSON THAT MUCH POWER OVER ME AND MY FEELINGS OF SELF-WORTH???
DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE NO SELF-ESTEEM AND HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR EXTERNAL VALIDATION FOR AN ETERNITY SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU WERE UNABLE TO VALIDATE YOURSELF!
WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU GIVING OTHERS SO MUCH POWER OVER YOURSELF? (if you are a Christian, it may be because some STUPID mother-fucking minister got you to buy into this bullshit that we are all born sinners and therefore must continually pray for GOD's grace and mercy!!!). Tell THAT minister you know he's been fondling choir boys (even if he hasn't)!...THIS WILL SHUT HIM UP!!!
NOW GO AND HIRE A GAY MALE BONDAGE MASTER AND HAVE HIM TRAIN YOU TO BE YOUR OWN MASTER!!!