I am *so* awesome! n______n

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    There's always a time where we let things get to our head. Someone gives you a compliment, you become rather modest, and then you slowly start to admit it to yourself and then... comes to the bigheaded-ness that comes with it.

    You hold a door open for an elderly woman.
    She compliments you, telling you you're a fine young man/woman.
    You say "Awww, it was nothing."

    As the day progresses, you start to think to yourself "You know what, I am a fine individual. I'm so nice. n____n"

    So anyway; question: Do compliments eventually get to your head and cause you to praise yourself for everything you do? Do you try to stop them from doing so, or do you just embrace it and let it lift your self-esteem?
     
    Do compliments eventually get to your head and cause you to praise yourself for everything you do?
    sometimes compliments get to my head and sometimes i'll start thinking the opposite of that compliment.
    Do you try to stop them from doing so, or do you just embrace it and let it lift your self-esteem?
    i'm not quiet sure =/ I kinda agree or disagree with it then let it go.
     
    Well when someone compliments me it raise my self-esteem up a bit. It makes me feel that I finally worked hard on something and it is paying off. I am doing it on my own without anyone helping me.

    I had low self-esteem while I was a teenager. When people compliment me I was so modest and I didn't take it well. Because I know I am not that great. But as time goes on I been noticing people know I work hard. And it shows, so I do believe them now. Still though I tend to be too modest. That is how I am. I don't have a ego at all. I know there is always someone better than me. So I know I will never be awesome to someone else. I am awesome only for me.
     
    Any compliment serves to make me feel as though I've done something worthwhile not just for myself, but for other people. Should anybody compliment me for doing a favour or giving them a gesture of kindness, I have momentary feeling of euphoria from knowing I helped another when they were genuinely in need of it.

    I am not so extravagant that I deserve wild praise for even just lifting a hot cup of tea from the kitchen and carrying it to the living room table. So any time I see anybody complimenting me that way, I think more about them than I do about myself.

    I admit that anybody complimenting me on certain aspects of any skill I have can make me feel rather motivated to keep improving, primarily on my knack for art.

    I can't, however, say that I do let things like that boost my ego much because of two reasons. One, I'm highly critical of myself when it comes to art and crafts, and two, I am constantly inspired by other, more skilled artists than myself, therefore the things I make often have a great influence from them. So any praise I receive makes me think to myself "I'm glad you like it, but I really couldn't have done it without the awe inspiring work of so-so."

    But I can say that seeing people appreciate the things I do definitely makes me want to strive forward and keep bettering myself.
     
    I embrace them and let it lift my self-esteem. I try not to be really cocky or anything, but I enjoy compliments and they put me in a good mood.
     
    I kind of let them boost my self esteem. I'm like THANK YOU. YOU ARE MUCH TOO KIND.

    It makes me happy except if I'm in a horrible mood.
     
    I have very low self-esteem so I try to debate the point and tell them why I'm not whatever they've said. But yesterday, I got paid for playing guitar and singing in front of my school, so that was pretty neat. One of the students whom I don't know that well told me not to stop playing and singing because she was coming over to listen, which was epic.

    I don't really know what to think about getting paid compliments. I hang onto them until I start thinking that maybe they were wrong :/
     
    If someone gave me a compliment for a piece of work or a job, I'd examine it (quickly) and depending on how pleased I felt with the outcome, I may say, "oh, its nothing..."; "No, I'm not really..." or "Why, thank you..."

    It all depends on my opinion of the outcome and how well I feel I've done. If I feel like i genuinely deserve it, I will not mark me down because of modesty, but then again, I would never get cocky over pretty much anything, which is more than I can say for a couple of my friends. If They do something just slightly good, they will brag about it and get very cocky, and mark everyone else who they are talking to down, which tends to make me feel quite depressed sometimes, but they can be good company so I try not to let it bother me that much. I have tried to say to them about how cocky, arrogant and horrible they become to be around, but they don't listen, and it makes them go off into one of their cocky speeches again. So I don't try anymore. I just let them be how they are and get on with my life and enjoy my time here. I take into acount how they behave and try not to be like them, because I know that by being me, people'll appreciate me more than if I behave how they do. Also, they are very internal people, who don't spend time just talking to their family, instead, they sit up in their room, with the door shut and play on their Wii. It may make them good at games, but it doesn't make them nice people. I try to spend time with my family and go out often with other friends to not be like that and have a good social life, unlike them. I just hope one day they'll see.
     
    To be honest, I don't remember the last time I got complimented. xD

    But I'm sure they'll get to my head sooner or later, and when they do, BAM, I do something stupid. xD
     
    Compliments don't stick easily in my mind. Neither do I like being complimented on.
     
    I have pretty low self esteem, but certain people can make me big headed if they compliment me. Like last night I got told I was actually perfect, obviously, I'm not, and I don't think I'm anywhere close, but it did go to my head a little.

    But usually I don't let it get to my head. I don't like looking so big headed.
     
    Do compliments eventually get to your head and cause you to praise yourself for everything you do?
    Well, not necessarily the latter, but sometimes I do let compliments get into my head, since I don't think I'm complimented a lot.
    Do you try to stop them from doing so, or do you just embrace it and let it lift your self-esteem?
    I try to get inspired by compliments to do better in whatever it was I was just complimented for. However, I would also try to wane away the euphoria of the compliment so I can act normally and not be arrogant.
     
    I got complimented on my hair the other day xD
    That was pretty cool, but nothing really went to my head.

    I got complimented on my hair the other day xD
    That was pretty cool, but nothing really went to my head.
     
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    I'm the worst... I try to get people to compliment me.

    On the other hand, when people compliment me on their own, it makes me feel that much better.
     
    Well, sometimes it goes to my head and I try to make it not to.
     
    No I just ignore them and grunt
     
    When people compliment me, it's nothing to be proud of, or they're lying. So no, it doesn't go to my head. XD;
     
    I usually dont let it go to my head. Sometimes it just does and Im like, Hey I am amazing :D But I try not to seem big headed.. But sometimes you know you just have to let yourself be cocky. It helps me keep sane.
     
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