Something that’s been bothering me?

[heroiceroica]

Whenever someone like my mother or grandmother tells me that he/she loves me, I get a very strange feeling of nausea and disgust, sometimes even irritability. Usually I have some idea where weird emotions like this come from, but I really don’t have a clue about why I’m like this. I get the same feeling When I hear positive praise and when someone gets even the slightest bit emotional while talking to me. Has anyone gone through the same thing??

 

[Cuchculan]

For some people praise and love go against how they are feeling. Take a negative person who thinks lowly of himself / herself. They hear nice things been said to them and it is not how to see themselves. Not how they feel others should be reacting towards them. if a person said something negative about them, that would not seem strange to them. Because that is how they feel.

 

[MainerMikeBrown]

Improving your self esteem can help you take compliments made by others about you much better. It takes time, but it can be done.

 

[Siphonophorae]

Yes I have the feeling sometimes too. Once lately, my mom was trying to high-five me for something I remembered to do without her telling me, I half-heartedly high-fived her then gave her a sulky look like it was her fault I felt bad. It’s very frustrating, though I expect it should die down a little as I get older and “more mature”.

 

[Joshua1]

Whenever someone like my mother or grandmother tells me that he/she loves me, I get a very strange feeling of nausea and disgust, sometimes even irritability. Usually I have some idea where weird emotions like this come from, but I really don’t have a clue about why I’m like this. I get the same feeling When I hear positive praise and when someone gets even the slightest bit emotional while talking to me. Has anyone gone through the same thing??

There are two things that the reason could be.
One - you do not believe them when they say they love you
Two - You do not want to feel loved as self punishment.