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Dear Teentalker,

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your concerns.

It's wonderful when people praise you and acknowledge your qualities. But the intention with which a person showers that praise is more important than what is actually being said, so, yes, please do pay attention to those signs and signals that people give off. There is also another side to the truth: if people shower you with praise all the time or insult you all the time, it means they don't mean well or don't want you to grow. 

So, here are a few tips that will help you deal with people who taunt you continuously:

Dear Teentalker,

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your concerns.

It's wonderful when people praise you and acknowledge your qualities. But the intention with which a person showers that praise is more important than what is actually being said, so, yes, please do pay attention to those signs and signals that people give off. There is also another side to the truth: if people shower you with praise all the time or insult you all the time, it means they don't mean well or don't want you to grow. 

So, here are a few tips that will help you deal with people who taunt you continuously:

• Ignore people who say mean things to you. It is a reflection of who they are, not who you are as a person.
• Being assertive certainly helps. Assertiveness means being firm, standing by what you believe in, while respecting yours and other people's boundaries. To know more about assertiveness, please watch the following videos: https://www.teentalkindia.com/video (How to be assertive) and https://www.teentalkindia.com/video/explore/expert-speak (5 tips on how to be more assertive).
• Figure out ways to walk away from people or situations if they no longer serve you in anyway or no longer help you to grow. But before that, knowing yourself and your value system is essential as you are more likely to be happy, if you spend time with people whose value system is similar to yours. To know more about your value system, please work on the tool 'The Values Worksheet'  and 'You are so worth it' by clicking on the following link: https://www.teentalkindia.com/toolbox

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Regards,

Expert Teentalk India