Thick skinned?

[daisy53]

Do you consider yourself thick-skinned? How do you react when attacked, repremanded, corrected, scolded, etc.

[pavman]

I consider myself pretty thick-skinned, unless someone is close and they're rude and uncalled for. Then I get pissed and want REVENGE!

But I usually just settle on calling them out on it and working things out. Used to get all bent out of shape about sh!t, but not since I became an adult.

[Provoker]

Thin Skinned. I could spend a whole night analyzing one statement someone said that bothered me. My old coach made a parade out of the fact that I didn't know what the word 'curmudgeon' meant. That bothered me on and off for at least a year. I think there is a correlation between degree of self-absorbtion and degree of sensitivity. For example, Bobby Fischer was extremely self-absorbed and as a result analyzed everything in relation to him as if he was the center of the universe. When one analyzes everything in relation to the self they will be more vulnerable to positive and negative external forces. Jokes will be taken as having hidden meanings, an attractive person saying hello will result in excitement and an immediate boost of esteem and confidence. In short, when thin skinned the effects of everything are magnified. It definately makes things interesting.

How do you react when attacked?

The only enemy I fear attack from in this world is myself. I react by reforming myself so the glitch doesn't occur in the future.

[Genshin]

Thin Skinned. I could spend a whole night analyzing one statement someone said that bothered me. My old coach made a parade out of the fact that I didn't know what the word 'curmudgeon' meant. That bothered me on and off for at least a year. I think there is a correlation between degree of self-absorbtion and degree of sensitivity. For example, Bobby Fischer was extremely self-absorbed and as a result analyzed everything in relation to him as if he was the center of the universe. When one analyzes everything in relation to the self they will be more vulnerable to positive and negative external forces. Jokes will be taken as having hidden meanings, an attractive person saying hello will result in excitement and an immediate boost of esteem and confidence. In short, when thin skinned the effects of everything are magnified. It definately makes things interesting.

I'm about the same as you, if someone says something that bothers me I would sit around thinking about that one thing for hours on end. Just how I have always been.

[JTG]

Things don't normally bother me at all, unless somebody close to me is being hurtful, or if somebody who i view as unqualified (most of everybody) criticizes me at work or tries to tell me how to do my job. The former upsets me varyingly depending on the situation, and the latter makes me livid.

The rare times anyone have seen my temper have been when people question my intelligence or competence at work. I'm slow to anger and quick to cool off, but that seriously pushes the big red button.

[PortInStorm]

If criticism is in an area I know I'm weak at, if it's done by a competent person, and it's straightforward, it's OK. If it's underhanded and insinuated (please, we can sense it, can't we?), by someone who really isn't qualified, if it's cruel, or if it hits a spot I base my sense of competence on, or regarding criteria I wasn't aware of (ie. a work or school evaluation without firm guidelines) I get mad.

Or, due to a pretty strong F, I get hurt if someone I love says I wasn't kind etc, and I go into days of self-doubt, reflecting on how to change. I need to keep reminding myself that I can only get better if I find the truth in every criticism.

[Zilal]

It varies a lot depending on the mood I'm in. Occasionally something is said that I end up being really hurt by for whatever reason. Other times I'm cheerfully unaffected. But I don't have a large sample to study from... I guess I don't find myself being attacked/reprimanded/scolded/corrected a lot. I should open my mouth more.