Do you Learn from criticism Or do you not like to be criticised?

When it's constructive, I can handle it and yes will use it to benifit myself from. However when done in a rude manner or tone, forget it, I shut them off and won't hear a word they say.

I can handle criticize well if it's constructive and in good manner, some people are just not polite although they pretend to be.. you know just their tone of voice or the look on their face may be the total opposite to how sweet they try to put it in words.. anyway I think I always react negatively to criticism (even if I accept it) and it takes me a long while to think about it again and see the good constructive points.

Yes I hate to admit so but I do becom defensive, even when I realise that its construtive. I am human and I hat being criticises. What I can gain from it, that realisation often dawns on me but slightly later. I do change according to that too but that s a bit harder and depends how much that thiong keeps ringing in my ears.

I like constructive criticism .. I think it's one of the ways we learn better habits, or better ways of working .. What I don't like is people who will criticise but have no idea of why they are being so critical .. if I am going to criticise something or someone I try and be as constructive as possible and explain what I feel is wrong and try to offer alternative ideas .. Neither can I stand folks who can't take criticism and get all stroppy about it .. I try to listen to what folks have to say .. consider what they've said and then put my own view why I feel I was right or add information so we can come to a compromise or joint agreement ... We always like to feel we are right .. but we all know that we can often be wrong .. so it's the way we accept criticism and use it to better ourselves that counts ..

I have to admit that I feel bad or hurt whenever i receive criticisms from other people especially people whose opinions matter to me like my family,friends, and superiors at work. I guess that's just my natural reaction. However, if it's a constructive criticism, i gladly welcome and accept them because i learn from my mistakes or faults and usually the criticisms that are given to me are something that i dont know or notice about me. I dont consider constructive criticisms as something personal but more as something that will help me to improve.

Yes I hate criticism I dont take it well. But then When i go away and think about whats been said i do see that they were proberbly right!

Depends who's dishing out the criticism, if it's my housemate I know he's doing it just to press my buttons and wind me up. I took try to take criticism on board and act accordingly. Constructive criticism is important to so that we can improve, even the best of us need a little criticism, after all we are not perfect. Proving the criticism is well meant and not used as a whipping stick against us, then I am happy to accept it, if it means I can change things for the better or it benefits me in the long run.

Unfortunately, I have been criticized for a certain personality trait, or behaviour, for quite a while and it didn't help me at all. But recently I sat down with my journal and analyzed it and really came to grips with what was really happening and why. Now I just have to figure out how I can change something that is a result of childhood, teenhood and adulthood. When it comes to my writing, I take the criticism, will analyze it and may or may not make the changes. It depends on how I feel about the story. After all, it is my story and I want it to read the way I want.

i like to be critised and i am not affected by it, but yes i always try to learn from it, and try to improve myself

Criticism is form of realizing your mistakes and ealizing what are u lacking and what u need to do in order to improve it .....it depneds upon the situation and event under which you are criticized...and finally uppto the individual whetehr take it seriously or be heedless to it....

I am also one who doesn't take it well. I am pretty strict about never giving advice or criticizing people UNLESS they ask for it. Even then, I am not always totally honest. I don't like to hurt feelings. So I guess I want the same treatment. I especially hate it when I am very excited about something and I usually think I've been doing a good job. These are situations that I HAVE to deal with because I can't always be good at everything. So it's hard, but I am trying to work with constructive criticism better. But if it's just mean and inconsiderate, I will get defensive.

You are very wise and correct when you typed that criticism is a form of caring. I learn from it and become a better person from it. I am happy when my friends point out things to me I am doing wrong and I even sometimes thank them for telling me. The only thing I do not like is that with some people that like show and give criticism but they do not like to hear it directed at themselves which I find to be wrong.

I try desperately to try not to be defensive, but I usually have a moment of "how dare you....!" But, after I get a grip, I do reflect and learn - and am thankful for the honesty.

I do not become defensive, unless its insulting criticism, in which case I can become just as offensively critical. I believe that nearly anything (being said) can be explained in some way, so I simply hate it when people just state their opinion without even so much as an attempt to explain why they think so. I suppose being defensive is just not my style. I tend to try and make masked insults if provoked (hidden so that only a few people might be able to understand it, and they can usually be explained to mean something else). But I doubt that criticism is a form of caring. I think there are people that simply enjoy criticizing others, even if for no obvious reason. It's like and addiction to them (I know one that is really addicted to critisize everyone, in an insulting manner - it is just his nature).

I have a hard time accepting critisism. I can give it out pretty good but accepting it is much harder. When ever anyone does this I try hard to accept it and even say thanks without sounding hurt. Not sure how I do with that but I appreciate the critisism in my mind but it takes me awhile for my face to accept it. :) I always try to tell people that what i say is meant to help and not hurt so that other can take it well too. I think it also has to do with who is critizing me.

Yes, I do become defensive and sometimes even cry because of critisim. I guess that's the price of being human. Having said that, I also learn from it. Sometimes the person has a valid point but there are a certain group of people that are just mean. I just take out what is reasonable and let go of the rest. I also learn from the mean people and try and separate myself from them.

Well, that will depends on what kind of criticism they give to me, when and where. PErsonally, for me criticisms sometimes help me to improve myself and be a better person. However, I still somehow that to criticise people it's still depends on when and where, depends on the situation and condition. I don't like to be criticised by a person that I barely know and act like he/she knows me very well while in fact they know nothing. Once in a while, it's good for us to have other people to criticise us cuz that means they care about us and wants us to be a better person. Like u said, if they dont care, they'd just leave without saying anything

I do try to see the other person's point of view it really depends how it is put and if i deserve it if i o i try to learn from my mistakes

I always benefit from constructive criticism. I only get defensive if it become a personal attack.

If I had a relaxed day and I'm in a good mood I can carry critice but if I'm sad or in another bad mood that could be a very bad idea to criticise me, if I'm just sad it could make me even sadder and depressive, if I'm angry I could break out and do something that I would be sorry for after I got my mind back.