Entry 9: Who, Me?

Why would anyone dislike you? Or even hate you? Most of us like to think that we are nice enough people, and we are usually surprised or even hurt when we find out someone doesn't like us. Nevertheless, just about everyone has someone who dislikes them. Step outside yourself and look at yourself as an outsider, someone other than yourself (it could be a stranger or someone you know very well). What reasons might someone have for being annoyed by you? For disliking you? For hating you? Write from the point of view of an "other" who doesn't like you. Explain why "you" (the "other" you) don't like you (the real you). Describe what you don't like or hate, and then make suggestions about what the real you could do to make the "other" like you.

• People may dislike me for several reasons. Sometimes even I dislike myself. First, I sometimes speak without thinking about others, and sometimes I don't really consider the circumstances when I speak (which results in me being scolded by my mom a lot). I also don't consider other people's feelings (so I offend people really often, and thus, make people dislike me). According to my mom, I am also someone who is very annoying when I pester. I pester people for two reasons. First, when I want something, I will continue to ask my mom the same question over and over again, like a broken radio, until my mom gets extremely annoyed and yells at me. The second reason for why I pester is when I see someone with a bad mood, I will keep on asking them if they are OK. Sometimes I dislike myself for this because I would like to be left alone when I am depressed or upset, but I don't do the same to other people, which makes me a person who someone may easily dislike. Another reason someone may dislike me is that I get moody very often, so the people around me have to cope with my mood. And when I didn't get enough sleep the night before or when something bad happens, I will always be very upset and snap very easily at other people.