Aprendiendo a lidiar con los comentarios negativos porque me acepto como soy [esp/eng]

Hello friends if there is something that I think is very true is that happy people do not live pending to criticize others or to make negative comments to hurt people but they are focused on their life and achieve their goals, I am learning to deal with that at my young age and is that children can also criticized by other children and even adults.

As you know I have vitiligo I recently learned about this pathology and since then I have been doing a lot of research about it and also the dermatologist explained to me why this happens and that it is something that can happen to anyone no matter the age, but I also always knew that I was going to find people who for not knowing or having knowledge about this pathology can make judgments that are not.

Thank God I have always been a person who has never been affected by what people say and this is because since I was a child my mother has taught me that the bad things that others say do not define me as a person and that I should not let them make fun of me, but there are people who are not like that and can cause them a lot of pain with just one comment.

Recently a lady who lives near my house asked me what I had on my skin and I told her it was “vitiligo” I know I should not give explanations but I should not hide or feel sorry for it because it is what I have and I can not go around lying, The lady told me that I should have everything apart to eat because according to her it can be contagious which I found super rude on her part because the doctor explained to me that it is an autoimmune disease that is caused by stress and also by the lack of melanin production which is what gives pigmentation to the skin.

I know that maybe this lady does not know about it because I know that many years ago people thought that this disease was contagious but it is not so, I think that is where we must take into account to have empathy for others because maybe it was not the intention to make me feel bad but there are things that should not be said to people because not all of us can ignore this type of comments, there are those who can be affected a lot.

That is why I prepare myself to have information about this pathology and of course I accept myself as I am because although it is something that I did not ask to have, it does not make me less than others nor does it prevent me from achieving my goals, we just have to learn to ignore comments from people who do not know what they are talking about and feel confident and thank God because there are people who are struggling with stronger diseases and still go ahead.

So I end up giving as a reflection that we must have empathy and respect for others, do not make judgments without knowing first we must inform ourselves before speaking, nor make fun of others because we do not know if suddenly we or a loved one can go through the same situation or worse so it is best to treat others with respect even if we have something different we are not less for that, God loves us all equally.