<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=363399" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Self-Mocking</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Whenever I self mock <br>over a compliment I have been given <br>it is not to insult the person who gave it, <br>more to injure myself. <br>I can cope with most things <br>that are given to me except compliments. <br>Sound Strange? <br>When I was growing up many years ago, <br>I was belittled by family and friends alike. <br>They made me feel like a misfit, <br>so a misfit I became. <br>I endured insults about me <br>in every way shape and form. <br>Compliments were never given <br>and became a stranger to me. <br>Now that I am older, <br>I do not stand easy <br>when compliments are given <br>and I have to mock myself <br>and make a parody out of me. <br>I grew up feeling useless in everything I did. <br>They did not realise what they were doing <br>and hurting that they caused. I<br>t was not jokes they threw at me, <br>but hurting insults that made me feel insecure. <br>Now when compliments come <br>I cannot accept them readily. <br>I cannot accept that anyone <br>would want to compliment me, <br>so I self mock myself you see.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">10 November 2008</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Harris">David Harris</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=363399" data-title="Self-Mocking de David Harris" data-description="Whenever I self mock over a compliment I have been given it is not to insult the person who gave it, more to injure myself. I can cope with most things that are given to me except compliments. Sound Strange? When I was growing up many years..."></div> </div> </div>

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