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Sadly, lots and lots of practice.

Get away from these people.

Cut them off. They aren’t your friends. Find new social circles away from people like that.

yes i do, unfortunately they are my relatives the amount of hate they have for me is unbelievable & it sometimes pains me the people i liked before have turned out like this

Laugh at them and start gaslighting them alienate them show em how you feel.

trying my best to make myself believe their words don’t matter but at some point, it hurts me

true they are mostly my relatives & i will stay away from them

Hurt em back. Especially and even more so if they are family.

Find out why you care, it’s gonna be different for you.

Dissect that reason like a bucket of frogs in a 9th grade biology class.

Once dissected you’ll understand the flaw in your reasoning and will be able to overcome it.

Feel like we need more info here

Oh I don’t stay unbothered, I stand up for myself these days.

We'll all be dead soon enough.

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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” - Eleanor Roosevelt

The real question is, should you actually care about their opinion?

You seem to know that what they're saying isn't true, so you know it just doesn't apply to you and they're wrong. Just as if they called you a jelly donut...it's a silly thing for them to say because it does not reflect reality. In such a case, treat them as they deserve to be treated - ignored for being nonsensical. You don't have to fix them or their opinions. Let them sit there in their own ignorance/nonsense.

And, if they treat you this way, then why should you assign any kind of value to their opinion of you. By extension - a low opinion of you coming from someone whom you don't have enough regard for to value their advice is just an opinion to ignore.

Indeed, and what people say about us isn't much of any reflection on us; it's more a reflection on them. It's none of our business what other people think of us; we have no direct control over what they think or say, so it's not our responsibility to be concerned about it, only how we decide to respond to it, if at all.

When you reach the end of your tether and tell yourself IDGAF. Use it as your mantra. Then use your time, effort and energy focusing on anything and everything else, so you're not preoccupied with them. You'll outgrow them, move on from them, become indifferent towards them and they'll HATE it. Best revenge

In these situations, the best thing to do is to cut off contact with them. You're not obligated to endure abuse, even from members of your immediate family.

If these are more distant relatives who only show up around holidays, then it's time to tell your family that you're not coming home for Thanksgiving (or whatever).

If you're living at home, it's time to make a plan to GET OUT. Secure enough financial resources to move out of that house. If you're under-aged, then you can make a plan you can execute on as soon as you're 18.

Learn some dark psychology and become their karma.

Only accept insults from people you respect

Stop associating with them. Period.

Just desensitize yourself, that's what I did

One of my buddies told me a while ago to never accept criticism from someone you wouldn't accept advice from. Ask yourself - does this person know you well enough for their words to actually carry weight? If not, they're likely projecting or have things going on in their own lives. Being more involved with myself and getting to know me better has helped me maintain my security in who I am when people say nasty and untrue things about me.

Yep. And it will until you decide that it won't. It takes a long time. I know. But it can be done.

I wish you the best.

Ok. They’re your relatives. You can’t distance yourself or don’t want to. Doesn’t matter. I have a relative I have distanced myself from as much as possible, however, I do still have to interact at times. She will say shitty things. I used to get mad and she’s follow up with ‘it’s just how I am!’

But now I stop. Stay silent for 5ish seconds and then say, ‘did you really think that was ok to say out loud?’ I am telling you she thinks twice about it now.

I have this same problem, but with a co-worker. I don't want to leave the workplace because the money is really good and the hours are very consistent, but I'm sick of being treated like I am. The things they say to me linger in my brain all day. They live rent free in my head.