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It took me until my late thirties but I figured it out. I break my mental freeze from a compliment by just saying out loud what just happened. I say, “That was a compliment.” Then natural empathy and politeness take over and I continue with, “Thank you for the kind words.” This can happen simultaneously with feeling and silently processing the shame and discomfort that being complimented causes.

Good luck everyone.

Looks perfectly fine to me.

Why do the posts that cut the deepest always appear in communities like shitposting and the like? I say to myself as I try to pretend this post doesn’t involve me.