What Are You Thinking? Continued 14

A few things about me:

• I am terrible at taking compliments. This isn’t to say that they’re not appreciated, just that I’m awkward and not well-versed in accepting and responding to them
• My levels of self-esteem vary wildly from minute to minute and no version of me is good at responding to them
• Lit’s reaction system suits me. I can 👍 or 😍 to show appreciation or 🤣 to laugh it off without having to awkwardly respond to individual replies, and that can be a wonderful thing
• It’s so much worse when compliments are PMed and I don’t know what to say!
• Often, I’ll wander away for a while until I can think of an appropriate response
• More often than not, I will get distracted and/or forget entirely and the (very well-intentioned and appreciated) compliment combined with my awkwardness will inadvertently end the conversation 🤦🏻‍♀️
 
A few things about me:

• I am terrible at taking compliments. This isn’t to say that they’re not appreciated, just that I’m awkward and not well-versed in accepting and responding to them
• My levels of self-esteem vary wildly from minute to minute and no version of me is good at responding to them
• Lit’s reaction system suits me. I can 👍 or 😍 to show appreciation or 🤣 to laugh it off without having to awkwardly respond to individual replies, and that can be a wonderful thing
• It’s so much worse when compliments are PMed and I don’t know what to say!
• Often, I’ll wander away for a while until I can think of an appropriate response
• More often than not, I will get distracted and/or forget entirely and the (very well-intentioned and appreciated) compliment combined with my awkwardness will inadvertently end the conversation 🤦🏻‍♀️
Granted I don't know you very well but this surprises me. You come across really sure of yourself, just flitting from place to play and spreading smiles as you go.
I totally relate though to how you explain your Lit experience - that resonates a lot with me.

And yes I'm aware I've dropped a compliment in a reply to a post about being awkward about receiving them so don't feel like you need to respond or anything. I just thought you might like to know.
 
A few things about me:

• I am terrible at taking compliments. This isn’t to say that they’re not appreciated, just that I’m awkward and not well-versed in accepting and responding to them
• My levels of self-esteem vary wildly from minute to minute and no version of me is good at responding to them
• Lit’s reaction system suits me. I can 👍 or 😍 to show appreciation or 🤣 to laugh it off without having to awkwardly respond to individual replies, and that can be a wonderful thing
• It’s so much worse when compliments are PMed and I don’t know what to say!
• Often, I’ll wander away for a while until I can think of an appropriate response
• More often than not, I will get distracted and/or forget entirely and the (very well-intentioned and appreciated) compliment combined with my awkwardness will inadvertently end the conversation 🤦🏻‍♀️
Not gonna stop telling you how awesome you are though.
 
Granted I don't know you very well but this surprises me. You come across really sure of yourself, just flitting from place to play and spreading smiles as you go.
I totally relate though to how you explain your Lit experience - that resonates a lot with me.

And yes I'm aware I've dropped a compliment in a reply to a post about being awkward about receiving them so don't feel like you need to respond or anything. I just thought you might like to know.
Sometimes I might be quite sure of myself; other times, not so much. The amazingly positive people of Lit have helped that to some extent, but it’s an ongoing war against decades of issues. Even at my best, I might be able to manage a blanket multiquote response, but usually not individual responses. I can only genuinely say “aww, thank you! 😊” so many times before I feel like the biggest, phoniest idiot ever. A few others here are rock stars at replying to each and every comment and I am in awe of them, but could never 😵 Just as bad when someone compliments a stylistic choice, because unlike my appearance, those are easier to accept, and I somehow go on over-explaining my entire thought process leading to that choice. It’s just awkwardness all around

Not gonna stop telling you how awesome you are though.
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