What to do when someone belittles you or your struggles (share this with your coaching clients)
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What should you do if someone belittles your struggles? 🤔
I remember seeing a married-into-wealth influencer post an Instagram post two years back.
She shared in that post that she had been struggling to go to the gym and to keep up with her exercise routine recently.
I didn’t expect the barrage of sarcastic comments she received.
“Wow, it must be nice that your biggest problem right now is going to the gym.”
“Such a hard day for you. People are dying out there.”
“You have a hard time? What about all the other women juggling full-time jobs, motherhood and chores?”
My eyes widened a little in surprise as I read those comments.
You may have had this experience too. You posted an everyday struggle on IGS and you get judged for it.
I want to say that ALL our struggles are valid.
One reason is because, all of us value different things.
That wealthy influencer clearly values a healthy lifestyle and her health a lot.
Her critics likely do not value having a healthy lifestyle as much as she does and attacked her values, which they judged as ‘insignificant.’
This applies to you too.
One thing you can bear in mind when you get judged for having a seemingly small ‘first world problem’ is that, you value different things from the people who judge you.
This also reminds us not to judge other people’s problems. What we see as a small or trivial problem may be important to them.
In the video and podcast ep above, I shared 3 other things to bear in mind when someone belittles your struggles.
I hope this helps you in a small way.
Sincerely,
Shikah