Taking things personally

Do you need to stop taking things personally? You are not alone! Learning how to stop taking things personally makes your life happier. Here are 10 Tips to

How to stop taking things personally

If you take things personally, you're at risk for feeling miserable. For those in recovery, it's even more important not to worry what other people are thinking about you. You may have come across the book The Four Agreements.

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Even when it seems personal, rarely do people do things because of you, they do things because of them. You know this is true. You may not be able control all the things people say and do to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Make that decision for yourself.

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When we take things personally, there's more going on than we can see on the surface. If most of your thoughts are about the impression you make on someone else, it's likely that's the majority of their thoughts too. It takes a lot of effort just to make goals & try to keep ourselves together in this life. No one has the time to be thinking about other people that often. The truth is, people are mostly thinking about themselves just to get by. Just like you are.

Sometimes, we depend on others for our own happiness, emotional, and financial security. In turn, to learn how to stop taking things personally, we have to learn to remove the tremendous power that “others” have over us.