How do you laugh at yourself?

Guyana
September 16, 2010 9:23am CST
I think I am too serious. my embarrassing moments follow me long after everyone would have forgotten about them. I am constantly talking myself out of dwelling on those moments that embarrassed me. My best friend is not easily embarrassed, she laughs at her mistakes and moves on. She has a really positive attitude but but she can also be oblivious to other people's feelings at times, while I am overly sensitive to others. How about you? Are you easily embarrassed? Do you constantly laugh at yourself? Are you sensitive to the feeling of others? What do you do when someone embarrasses you? Do you snap are do you simply he/she might just be insensitive?
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10 responses
• Philippines
17 Sep 10
When life seems to be too serious at a time, it helps to tell yourself that sometimes this embarrassing moments are just ice breakers in real life to make you smile and remind you not to take life too seriously. And I admire people who knows how to laugh at their own mistakes and take it lightly :) Laughter is the best medicine so I taught myself how not to feel embarrassed at my mistakes but laugh at it and learn from it :)
• Guyana
17 Sep 10
Laughter is good indeed.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
16 Sep 10
I am always laughing at myself. Sometimes Not even i can figure out how i do things. There are times i feel like an episode of i love Lucy. i try not to take myself too seriously. life has a way of doing that for me.
• Guyana
17 Sep 10
Thanks :)
@Ramaditya (1227)
• Indonesia
16 Sep 10
I think I look upon myself as an easy going personality. I often laugh at myself, and because of that easiness my friends love to make fun of me. Of course they do that because they know I am okay. As you probably don't know that I am a blind person. Sometimes I fall down because I try to walk very fast, and besides helping me my friends will laugh at me and say, "Watch your step you lord of darkness!" Of course I am okay with that, and I don't care, really! I will then answer, "You my loyal subject, I fall down because I want to test your loyalty, so I can choose whether I will bless you or curse you." That's just one of many examples I've got. To me, I prefer to enjoy life by smiling, not by thinking hard (be so sensitive).
• Guyana
16 Sep 10
I like you already! To think that you can face life like that. My hat off to you.
@kmaram (2533)
• Philippines
16 Sep 10
we cannot avoid being embarrassed in one point of our lives. in the first few seconds or minutes we feel ashamed who have seen us of getting embarrassed. we may cry, feel ashamed and other negative attitudes. sometimes, taking things seriously even if it is a joke, will make us feel embarrassed even more. if they laugh at you, laugh with them. you should accept that you have been embarrassed in order to laugh at it rather than cry for it. when i'm recalling my moments of embarrassments, it just makes me laugh and when i share it to others, we all laugh together and they start telling their embarrassing moments too and it makes our day be fulled with laughter. the day will come that even they tease you about that embarrassing moment, it will have no effect to you anymore...
• Guyana
16 Sep 10
Thanks I'll certainly give it a try.
• United States
16 Sep 10
Well,I have to say you are so lucky because you have a best friend,my personanity just like her,If you have embarrass monent,you should let it go, I think you feel so nervous if you through that monent,you can try to breath deeply and tell yourself its ok/relax in your heart,then you could smile to you friends and turn to next topic. I think those experieces need to practice. Believe yourself,you can became the graceful and brave girl.^-^
• Guyana
16 Sep 10
Thank you. I have improved overtime, and am still working on it. Yes I am lucky, my best friend is wonderful.
• Indonesia
17 Sep 10
heehehe...i'm easily embarrased. sometime i laugh at my self. my sensiveness is normal. how do i do to cover my embarrassing things of my self : let find another job or work or action to CHANGE my mind and my focus. so i forgot that embarrassing things.
@formidexo (1351)
• Canada
16 Sep 10
We all make mistakes so when I make one, it's no use continually beating myself. I just move on. If I hurt someone then I will apologize. If someone hurts me or embarrasses me, I let it slide like water off a duck. I don't have time to carry all these weights. I have many positive things to do to be dragged down by anything or anyone.
@halimbd (124)
• Bangladesh
17 Sep 10
If unknown somebody try to embarrass it's really matter of thinking. You should find out why he/she can do it. If the man/woman is familiar to you, then it should be taken as normal.
• Colombia
16 Sep 10
the laugh is very important now; you know, we need relax some time...
• Indonesia
17 Sep 10
Seriously, it is necessary in doing a job, but in friendship, I always try to smile because we must be friendly in making friends, not looking for the enemy .. Try to trust yourself to do something, because we have advantages that are not owned by someone else .. Try to be more confident!