How can I develop thicker skin and not let people's words consume me?!

Question: How can I develop thicker skin and not let people's words consume me?

I've been depressed for years, but it seems to be getting a little better. I have zero confidence, and people continuously make fun of me(ever since kindergarten, and I'm now almost eighteen). It's not just one mean person, it's many. That's what I don't understand. If there's so many, I must be utterly repulsive mentally and/or physically. How can I block out their words? It doesn't matter if it's a stranger or someone I know.

Answers:

take a good long look in the mirror and ask yourself.. Do i like what i see? Do i love me? Am i respectable? What do i need to change? It could be the way you think or the way you look at yourself or even the way you deal with things or lack thereof? Anyway you may be down now but do you think you would like to live like that forever? I dont think so and neither should you! If you wana feel better inside. Start by helping yourself and if that still doesnt work for you see a doctor or talk with someone who can really help you.

Dont let other take advantage of you because you gain nothing.

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -- Eleanor Roosevelt.

I can't improve on that statement even a little. Mrs. R said it perfectly. You know what you're about. I can say anything I want about you and that fact doesn't change. And even if I did try to cut you down...so what? Who am I to you? Why should you care for even a second what I think?

See? Her way of saying all of this was way better.

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