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How do I deal with not being liked?

6 Answers
Last Updated: 06/01/2021 at 4:36am
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Top Rated Answers
MidnightSerendipity
February 23rd, 2018 6:43pm
The way of dealing with not being liked depends on who is the source of the hatred. But, as I am speaking from my own experience, I can only tell you how to deal with not being liked by a fellow classmate. To deal with this problem, I simply chose to avoid doing anything that might attract their attention or give them more reason to dislike me. I also told myself not to be thrown off track by the haters and tried to focus on myself more instead of focusing on the haters.
Yukihiko
April 24th, 2018 6:53am
well I'm used to not being liked, what i did to deal with it was to ignore the people, remember that they're just jealous of you being higher than them and also remember that you have support from 7 Cups or your family and friends!
Anonymous
July 3rd, 2018 6:16pm
You find someone or something that makes you utterly happy. Something that makes your world shine. Someone who makes you feel free.
Anonymous
July 4th, 2018 12:56pm
All the time, there will be people that won't like you. If you can't accept that simple fact you will have a lot of rough times ahead..
RustyPup
October 12th, 2020 7:53pm
You cannot "Deal" with not being liked. If people don't like you for who you are you don't need to change, you don't need to please them, and you don't go out of your way to do things for others. The best thing is to be yourself. Helping others is good too though, but you shouldn't overdo it just because you want someone to like you. You are special and perfect the way you are and you shouldn't allow anybody to change that. If you want someone to like you be yourself and eventually somebody will come around to help you out without a second thought and you'll feel great because you won't pretend that you are somebody that you're not.
Anonymous
June 1st, 2021 4:36am
We all have the need to be liked by others around us, the societal framework is such that those who appear to not be "fitting" are immediately appreciated lesser than those fitting the box of ideal characteristics, features, mannerisms, professions, body structure etc. However, the key is to eliminate such bias. When the society pulls you down, when you happen to not match someone else's expectation of you, remind yourself that "Others are others; I am I" and that only you know what the best version of you can be. Some might prefer to talk about not being liked and appreciated, some might want to change their company and some get into deep introspections and try to see if before anybody else liking them, do they like themselves?