I have been watching my reactions to certain things over the course of a few weeks, a little bit like a bystander and I found some interesting insights.
I run a blog, I don't mind people disagreeing with me (sometimes
) but I get defensive when someone pokes a hole in my argument.
A positive side of me thinks that I should be glad that someone has pointed the errors in my thought processes because I learn something from this, but for some reason my mind switches to a negative attitude that the person doing the poking thinks that I am stupid.
I wonder why I would be so defensive about someone else's perception of my own intelligence? Why am I so jumpy on the issue? I wonder if it has anything to do with what I think about myself. Could my own self-perception need re-working?
Or is this reaction perfectly normal? Am I the only one who feels like this sometimes?
Thank you for reading and considering my questions.
Emmah