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How To Be OK With Being Disliked
Have you ever felt disliked by someone? Or maybe you’ve worried that someone doesn’t like you?
Either way, it sucks to feel like you’re not liked.
As human beings we have a need to belong, to feel accepted, to be loved/liked, and to be a part of a tribe. So, when someone in our world doesn’t like us or we perceive that they don’t, it can do some of the following things…
- - Make us question ourselves.
- - Create tension and discomfort.
- - Cause us to try and be someone we aren’t in order to be liked.
- - Lead to comparison and judging (of ourselves and/or the other person).
​But here’s the deal, we can get to a place where we’re OK with being disliked by someone else.
IT HAPPENS TO ALL OF US
First, it’s important to know that you’re not alone. We’ve all probably experienced another person’s dislike or perceived dislike so here’s something to keep in mind…
It’s not you. I promise. The fact that someone may dislike you really has nothing to do with you. It has everything to do with them and whatever is going on inside of them. (Be it insecurities, negative self-perception, pain, etc.)
