Brooke Ewen

Why Can’t I Take a Compliment?

Is it just me that has the cringe to end all cringes whenever someone pays me an unexpected compliment ? Don’t get me wrong, I like to think my self esteem is at a healthy level , well as healthy as a 24 year old woman in the introductory quarter of her life trying to figure out who she wants to be in this world’s can be. By that I mean that I wouldn’t say I’m particularly shy or uncomfortable with myself which made it all the more confusing when I really started thinking about the fact that I really struggle any time someone I don’t know well , particularly those of the opposite sex, pays me a compliment.