Is It Hard for You to Accept Compliments?
Erica Basso, LMFT
Personal Growth, Body Image
2 min read

Accepting compliments can be uncomfortable and leave us sometimes second guessing ourselves. Is it hard for you to accept compliments when you receive them?
Our first reaction sometimes is to quickly dismiss the person to avoid the discomfort.
It would make sense to reject compliments if you hold beliefs that you are flawed or not good enough. It can be difficult to accept a compliment received that goes against our inner beliefs or self talk. Or maybe accepting a compliment has you fearing that you'll be in a position to let that person down in the future.
Rejecting compliments isn't the only way to remain humble.
๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐.
*NOTE: If you are being complimented on something you'd rather not be complimented on, let the person know. Often these things are appearance or weight-focused.
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About the therapist: Erica Basso is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist practicing statewide in California. She helps guide women in overcoming anxiety, perfectionism, and imposter syndrome. Learn more about Erica, and view more of her content by visiting her Frame profile here.