How to stop taking things personally. Are you letting a random comment ruin your day? You might be giving away your power.

Nov 7, 2025
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**Reclaim your peace. It's not about you**

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We live in a world where opinions fly faster than bad memes. Through screens, in the office, or over coffee, it's a constant stream. So it's painfully easy to get hit by a stray comment from a colleague, a weird look from a stranger, or even a text left on 'read'. That familiar sting... ouch. Why does it feel like a personal attack?

We automatically build these elaborate stories in our heads where we're the main character in everyone's drama. Spoiler alert: we're usually not. That 'feedback' from your boss? That side-eye on the train? It's almost never actually about you. We're just interpreting the world through a filter that screams "ME!"

So what's really going on? Most of the time, people are just broadcasting their own stuff. Their stress, their bad breakfast, their secret insecurities. Their words are a reflection of their own inner world, not a final verdict on your value. Learning to see this difference is like getting a superpower. It's the key to building real emotional strength and learning to stop taking things personally. But how do you actually flip that switch in your brain when you're seeing red...