i don't have much trouble with this, but i used to
for people who do have a problem with insults and criticism, there's actually a solution. its in my blog (first entry): http://sine256.blogspot.com
Also try the Joel Osteen podcast episode # 395. No this is not a joke! Joel Osteen is actually really awesome (
for a preacher as they say heh heh!!).
maladroithim, what did he say to you? i have to know!!!!!!
IF YOU GUYS NEED TO KNOW
Preface: I was sort of having a tough time dealing with life three years ago. I spent a lot of time in IRC chatting and the guys in there were really my best friends in the world for awhile. I had been working diligently on an RM2k3 game to keep my sanity after quitting my job. I had quit because I was viciously mugged delivering a pizza and developed a series of phobias. A lot of the time I spent in IRC was for support and stuff as I tried to deal with poverty, living in the ghetto, being afraid to go outside and being afraid of the dark and all of the other phobias associated with my mugging, problems with my girlfriend (who was struggling with bipolar disorder and a medication that made her suddenly get really fat), and problems with my family (my parents and I hated each other and my brother had stolen my identity which resulted in my being convicted of a crime). Anyway we all have bad times in our lives and that just happened to be a bad time for me!
Anyway Brickroad really sort of laced into me and made me feel supremely inadequate about my musical talent, my ability to make games, my ability to cope with disaster, my ability to keep the affection of others and all sorts of things. He probably thought it was pretty funny! I think he probably thought it was in good fun, but really, all of it seemed completely true to me at the time. He successfully convinced me that everything bad had happened to me because I deserved it. I cried in my bedroom for the rest of the night and my girlfriend didn't really know what was going on. I never really forgave him

Awwww guys you are so therapeutic <3