I don’t know if this is a mental hack or not, but I found years ago that if I mentally sing the comments (that I know would upset me otherwise), it totally removes the emotional impact of other people’s negative writing.
When I was contemplating why this might be so effective, I was reminded that satire of old often involved singing to point out other peoples absurdity. When you think about how much the powerful fear humor and satire, there might be something there…
Singing and speech are different processes in the brain. It has been observed that some people with a stutter can still sing without any hint of a stutter. So I wonder if your trick is a result of some sort of personality difference in left brain versus right brain.
When people try to insult me, sometimes instead of 'taking the insult & emotion in' ("personally")…
I purposely hallucinate their words as text like closed captions.
Love this. It reminds me of the whole "celebrities read mean tweets about themselves on Jimmy Kimmel" thing. Taking a comment out of context really blunts its power
When I was contemplating why this might be so effective, I was reminded that satire of old often involved singing to point out other peoples absurdity. When you think about how much the powerful fear humor and satire, there might be something there…