{"id":9456,"date":"2020-12-19T13:27:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T12:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/more-selfesteem.com\/?page_id=9456"},"modified":"2022-02-08T08:24:33","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T07:24:33","slug":"how-to-cope-with-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/more-selfesteem.com\/more-self-esteem\/building-self-esteem\/how-to-deal-with-low-self-esteem\/feeling-good-about-yourself-is-important\/how-to-cope-with-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Cope with Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
How you handle criticism can seriously affect your self esteem and mental health. There are, two types of criticism that can damage your confidence, criticism from others and self-criticism. On this page we will discuss how it can affect you and what you can do to cope with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to statistics from a Psychtests.com study of 3600 people taking their Sensitivity to Criticism Test<\/a>, between 34 and 39 percent of those in the study were demotivated or felt devalued by criticism from others, whilst almost double this said that they inflicted criticism on themselves and spent time thinking about this<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Criticism, both from others and from ourselves can hurt, if we take it seriously. We need to learn how to cope with criticism for the sake of our well-being and mental health. Self-criticism is a problem because it causes low self esteem and can lead to depression (Whelton and Greenberg, 2005<\/a>).<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n My aim here is to use all my years of experience writing about self esteem, my teaching experience plus the coaching I have done helping clients learn how to cope with criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Criticism is a fact of life and we all face it at some point. At work, at school, at home, it seems like criticism is everywhere. Learning to cope with it is therefore very important.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy is Coping with Criticism Important?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How does criticism affect your self esteem?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n