How to Stop Being So Offended By Everything
Taking everything personally sucks. You get frustrated, angry, and offended by opinions that usually weren't expressed for the purpose of an attack or threat. This tendency leads you to feel alienated, oversensitive, and alone. I'm sure you don't want to feel alienated, oversensitive, and alone. Its fine to be offended. If someone says or does something that you find genuinely harmful/ignorant/wrong, you have every right to speak up, challenge their opinion and defend your own. The problem lies in entitlement. If you think people should cater to your beliefs/opinions and tiptoe around you to indulge your reactiveness/oversensitivity, then you will be disappointed time and time again. You will turn into an emotional wreck and no one of strong character will want to be around you because you will irritate them with your neediness and entitlement. It can suck to hear, but no one wants to be around a judgmental crybaby. It's great to be sensitive, and it's great to be ...