How To Deal With Insulting Behaviour

Today we're going to talk about insults and how we can respond to them. An insult is nothing but when someone speaks to you or treats you with disrespect. Have you ever been at the receiving end of an insult? That's not a very pleasant thing, is it? Well, what do you do when you are insulted? Do you insult the person straight back, or do you break down and cry, or do you simply leave the place and avoid the person who has insulted you altogether? Today's lesson is going to teach you about how you can respond effectively to people who insult you or make fun of you. Now it is very clear that people who insult you are negative people, right? But why do you think they actually insult you?

There are four main reasons why someone would probably insult you. The first reason is insecurity. Insecure people will always end up insulting you or making rude comments at you. Say, for example, you have a sibling who is insecure about how she looks. The second reason why someone would mock you or insult you is because they are jealous of you. That's right, jealousy is a very important motive for someone to mock you or ridicule you. People who are jealous feel that they are not getting enough credit for what they are doing, and that is why they want to put you down. Say, for example, if you have a co-worker but your boss likes you better than your co-worker. The third point or the third reason why people would insult you is that they don't really have a proper understanding of a person's disability. Now a lot of times, people are not aware of how their comments affect people because they don't know that the person they are directing these comments to actually have a genuine problem. So say, for example, there's a kid in school who's actually got speech difficulties. The final or the last point why someone would possibly insult you is because they are fond of you and they want to playfully tease you. This is not really insulting in a very negative way, but some people, they kind of like you a lot and they think that teasing you a little bit is kind of very cool.

Well, now we're going to talk about what you can actually do or how you can actually respond to insults. Responding to an insult is much better than reacting to it. The first thing you've got to remember when you are faced with an insult is to stay calm. Now, as we've learned that people who insult are probably insecure, they love to control, they're very controlling people, right? So they want to ensure that you get angry or you just maybe break down and cry, but you are now not going to give them the satisfaction of that kind of reaction, right? Before you even respond to what they have to say, ensure that you take several deep breaths, stay calm so that you are composed enough to give a very effective reply to what they have to say.

It is also very important to tell the person who is insulting you how you exactly feel. Yes, even though you are to stay calm, it is your duty to ensure that the person who is insulting you or mocking you knows what you are going through. So you can also tell them that if what they are doing is illegal, it can have unforeseen or unpleasant circumstances for them. Say, for example, if you have a co-worker who is bullying you over the internet. You can actually tell them that if you report them it's going to have very bad consequences for them, or maybe if you have a cousin who keeps making rude comments at you, you can simply tell them that you're not very happy about what you're saying and whatever they're saying is going to actually affect your relationship with them. The third point to note when responding to an insult is to make sure that you ignore the insult completely. Now let me tell you, ignoring an insult is sometimes the wisest and the best thing to do. Why would you ignore an insult and not respond to it? Well, you can ignore an insult simply because you want to ensure that the person who's insulted you should not feel that they've affected you in any way. So when you actually ignore the insult, you're telling the person that look, I'm not affected by it, okay? Now how would you ignore an insult? You can ignore an insult by changing the topic of conversation and talking about something entirely unrelated. Or you could just walk away from the place that you are having this conversation with this person. So you could leave the room, you could leave the place that you are being insulted or spoken rudely at. Ignoring an insult is one of the wisest things.