<p>Or do you just naturally learn to ignore it? Or is it hard to ignore?</p>
<p>It would naturally get annoying and should be ignored.</p>
<p>I feel that people who are like that are just trying to get some self pity or empathy from others. You know the scenario:</p>
<p>“God, I’m just so awful at this.”
“No you’re not, you’re awesome! Lemme list some things you should be proud of…”</p>
<p>Or something similar XD It obviously gets annoying when someone is trying to get attention or wanting others to feel sorry for them, and so the best thing to do is to ignore that person.</p>
<p>Yeah. When I think someone’s been fishing for compliments, I give them a serious look and say “You know what, _____, I think you’re an awesome person. This is so obvious that I think it should be left unsaid from now on.” And then every time they fish, I just ignore it. Or I say, “you’re right. You are really bad at this,” if that’s the case. I don’t ignore them though, I just make it clear I won’t play along to that particular game. </p>
<p>Of course, some occasional fishing is fine. We all do that. I do that! It’s just that some people take it too far.</p>
<p>Okay wow - good points. It’s sort of weird, but it’s sometimes even impolite to ignore someone’s self-depreciation, so one sometimes feels compelled to try to correct it.</p>
<p>Soo it’s probably a good idea to try to change one’s wording if one really has to express these sorts of sentiments.</p>
<p>I had a bad gut feeling after reading this thread because I practice that all the time (self-depreciation), but it’s out of apology and fear of being ‘that’ self-unaware person, not fishing for compliments. Heck, I don’t even like compliments, and I can usually sense forced ones…I just hope I’m not accidentally forcing them myself.</p>