How do you take criticisms?

How do you take criticisms?

Criticism is the practice of judging the merits and faults of something or somebody in an intelligible or articulate way.

It can be divided into categories: First is to help you and encourage you and second is to hinder you and see you fail. The second type of criticism may stop many of us from being willing to stand out and encourages us to keep our head down. 

But my question is that, why do some people criticize and put people down?

People often criticize because they want to feel important and respected or they feel insecure or the reason could be that they feel criticized by you. Another reason could be that they are defending their own actions by pointing out that you also did some things wrong. People also criticize because they might have strong opinions on a subject.

Being criticized may trigger fear shame and anger. you may not be able to face people, cope up with difficulties and feed into your insecurities about being unworthy or incompetent. 

If we think positively, we can say it is quite acceptable that a person criticizes someone else in order to let him avoid a certain mistake in the future.

But on the other hand we also believe that no one likes criticism. It reflects negatively on us, implying that we are lacking in some way.  There is nothing pleasant about criticism. Even the best intention critique still stings.

You may need to stay calm and not take it personally because reacting emotionally will only make the situation worse. Behavioral researches shows that emotional reactions are mostly negative whether the criticism itself is good or bad.

Never take the criticism personally because most of the times, their criticisms reflect more about themselves than about you. They react in this manner because of certain beliefs and frameworks they have about life. 

Take their criticisms as a source of reliable and honest feedback. Drop them with a good compliment. Give them a smile and you may also help them out in areas you know they can benefit from your help.

If I ever feel uncomfortable about others’ comments, I’ll look within to understand why I’m feeling that way and think positive because positive thinking also helps practice serenity.

How do you treat criticism?

Always remember that emotional reactions are not good and only take up time and energy.

So please stay serenity!