What do you do when someone brings you down? For example, if one day people are constantly making fun of something you did, or something about your personality/looks, how do you handle it?
It's hard to just ignore it, but sometimes ignoring works. But for me, I try to ignore, but it just makes me feel bad for the rest of the day. Anyone have any thoughts or anything?

well I use to get into lots of Fights for things like this but Now I just go home and cry about it.

I try to ignore it and act like it doesn't bother me but mostly it does. I dwell on it for the rest of the day and can't help it and normally get it out in writing.

It happens to me everyday... I usually just go home and listen to music and chat with my friends about it. Most of the time It helps, but not always. Its one of my many problems.

For me I just shrug it off. I don't know why but I have the attitude that if someone doesn't like me then oh well, their loss.

I live in a small town. Small town = small-minded people so I'm used to haveing people call me names and try'n pull me down. I've gotten to the stage where it just bounces off me now.
I only really get upset when people who should care about me and who should be on my side try'n get at me. My mother and father always critisise me and lately one of my best friends has been treating me rather badly. That hurts me.
If I get really depressed then I'll just get drunk - that usually helps. Either that or I smash stuff up or hurt myself. It's not productive but it takes my mind off the situation.

Originally posted by Princess2003
For me I just shrug it off. I don't know why but I have the attitude that if someone doesn't like me then oh well, their loss.

thats how i am, its the theory of "duck water"..just let everything roll off you

if someone doesnt like you, why waste your time worrying about what they think

I act like they don't bother me, them I go home and cry and wish I was dead.

People can only make you feel down if you LET them...smile and ignore nasty comments. People who try to put others down are insecure with themselves. :)

Cuss em out...my dad says that after 3 warnings i can beat em up.

I usually get quiet and don't speak much. But I am not a moper!I get over things quickly:p

Break up with her.



;)

usually, if its regarding my looks, i say "if thats all you can see, then youre more shallow than i thought."

that shuts them up.

im usually mad for about the first hour after then i forget about it.

I try to ignore it, and usually I succeed, but sometimes I can't help it and I bitch the person out. But no matter what I do, I always feel terrible about how they treat me.

~bitch the person out
~start a fight
~pull a prank on 'em (like, sabotage their locker)
~spread a nasty rumor bout 'em
~tell secrets no one was supposed to know

it depends sometimes I just ignore it, sometimes I vent to either my Family or a Close Friend and sometimes I just cry

hmm i try to talk it out with them, and if they dont want to talk about it then, i feel that they didnt really care about the friendship in the first place ya know?So why bother.. LOL After that I just leave the situation alone.

Originally posted by Brandon
~bitch the person out
~start a fight
~pull a prank on 'em (like, sabotage their locker)
~spread a nasty rumor bout 'em
~tell secrets no one was supposed to know

It's good to see that you like to take the moral highground. Spreading rumours is a really f*cking uncool and dangerous thing to do - and so is betraying people's trust.
Remind me not to get on your bad side!

It depends....I have a lot of things said about me at school, because of how I act...ya know..I'll be walking down the halway and someone that I know will make a crude comment they find funny...I just ignore them.

If it's something my closest friend at school said or did, I still try not to let it get to me. Sometimes I'll just go to the bathroom and stay there for a little and chill, or sometimes I'll just go chill with one of the 3 teachers I trust with my life there.....

If it's someone at home, I'll usually end up crying up in my room. I'm having some major problems at home right now, so ya know... that's a little harder for me

Ignoring is not my best move. If it's someone who I don't know that well, I usually do something to embarrass that person like get on them about their personal problems. Tell them how tacky they look, or give one of those tricky, smart-ass remarks.

If it's someone who is constantly messing with you, pull a prank on them..Example: Put a love note in their locker, put some ketchup in their seat at lunch(i love that one).. put wrong answers on their test when it's time to pass them up, and last, if it's a girl, pass her boyfriends' number out to all the boys you know so he will want to break up with her. For a boy, same thing except vice-versa. Tell them how everyone in class talks about how much they stink, and how low their grades are. Usually people who talk about other people have some kind of personal problem.

I know this may sound kind of harsh, but when you just walk away, people will think you are a wimp and continue to mess with them. But if you are agressive like me, you will get a reputation of being very slick. It's not a bad reputation, it just let people know not to bother you... :crazy:

Originally posted by Brandon
~bitch the person out
~start a fight
~pull a prank on 'em (like, sabotage their locker)
~spread a nasty rumor bout 'em
~tell secrets no one was supposed to know

that'll change once you hit puberty

I usually get made fun of cuz im dumb and seem drunk/high all the time, but I just ignore it, but everyones usually joking around, I dont take things ever to personally...hehe

"WORDS CANT BRING ME DOWN!"


no one messes wit me really cept this freshman was beating me up during gym lol...more of a joke

for a long time i just ignored them and thought it worked...untill i realized what it was doing to me. i killed off all my careing emotions because that was the only way i could stay alive. now my emotions are mostly back thanks to some really great friends but now once agian people think they can push me around for some reason. Well i am a pretty big guy bigger then all them and i am kinda physco but i'm also smart so well i tell them how much smarter i am. anyway someone tells me to go kill myself and i'll just turn around smiling and tell them i'd just kill them. o and if it was one of my friends who kept me alive all this time they said something about well then i'd beat the everlasting piss outa them

I stew about it and just ignore them for awhile and then I get over it.

Originally posted by WrenCanada
People can only make you feel down if you LET them...smile and ignore nasty comments. People who try to put others down are insecure with themselves. :)
Thats the way I feel!

Talk shizz about them behind their backs, not exactly the best system but it works for me

I sulk and simmer for days when someone makes me feel bad. I start resolving never to open my big fat yap ever again because I'm just too stupid. I then try to write a song about it or something....:(

Then something or someone comes along and says a joke or something fun and I get back into feeling good...:D I will then talk to whoever about what's bugging me and start to feel better.

I try to be nice and show them the way they are being is wrong..

Yesterday I emailed a mod on tapeheads.net an email saying MERRY CHRISTMAS (I havent been on tapeheads in months) and he replied back and was very mean..He swore at me and said 'Now go outside and get some real friends"

I replied back and said "I hope you know that being mean to others will not make your problems go away.. I am not the source of your problems Kelvin"

He didnt reply to that one....


I guess its human nature. Most people have to mean to others when they are hurtng themselves... Its really too bad,I try not to be like that...