Is it normal to hate being complemented? (please read on)

Is it normal to hate being complemented?

When ever someone complements me I always end up yelling at them or hitting them, the reason I do so is because I hate being complemented as I always feel that the person complementing me is lying and just saying things that they think I want to hear, I never really believe them anyway and put myself down later as I feel that that is the way everyone really thinks of me.

Is It Normal?
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  • Would you rather have people come up to you and say: You're so ugly today, go back home you terrible cookie monster thingy!

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  • Relatively normal, I sometimes get slightly annoyed when I get complimented because it sometimes feels like they're just saying these things for the sake of saying them, don't really mean it

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  • I'm the same way, but I don't hit people... ever. I often feel like it's fake, but I still secretly like it as well. I must be one confusing person.

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  • You need self esteem. And a soul.

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  • I have done things I would deem unforgiveable, like acting very insane towards my family and yelling at them.
    They forgave me, but now I still don't feel like I deserve compliments.
    I don't like anything about myself, and when people compliment me, I don't reply, or sometimes I ask them why they say these nice things... Wow I didn't know I remembered all this...

    But try to control the hitting. Maybe some kind of therapy can help?

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  • No it's not but me too but I get embarrassed from it so yea and I no it ain't normal

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  • I hate compliments too coz as a child the only time anyone ever said anything nice to me, was to get me to do something for them - run errands, etc.

    It annoys me when men insult my intelligence by thinking I'm so stupid as to believe them OR it annoys me that they think I care what they think.

    However, I met my housekeeper out last week - who only sees me first thing in the morning when I stagger out of bed. Anyhow, I was dressed and made-up for a night out and initially she didn't know me. Then she ran over and said "OMG I didn't know it was you! You are so beautiful!" She is a lovely person and I can honestly say that this is the first compliment I have ever appreciated in my whole life.

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  • You probably feel this way for a reason. Somewhere along the line someone complimented you in a sarcastic way but you cant carry that forward in life. Leave the past in the past, and dont assume things.

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  • I think you're REEEEEAAAAL pretty. Honest.

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  • Well I really hate it when I get over complimented (father), but no yelling and hitting. That is a little bit to much...

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  • Yelling and hitting are a bit extreme. I can understand the not liking compliments thing. Sometimes when I go out and people are super nice to me by the end of the night I think everyone hates me. It's called insecurity.

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  • Yelling and hitting them? NOT normal, being annoyed of the complements=normal, and kind of weird, i thought people liked getting nice complements.

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  • Yeah no

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