Today, a friend pointed out to me that I was subtly discredited by someone else not too long ago. I had totally missed it, or not made that kind of connection, and I'm not quite sure if I should be worried or not.

Missing something like that could mean that I'm simply not awake and aware of what goes on around me.

Missing something like that could also mean that I'm so darn used to it from certain people that I've become numb to the repeated attacks. Which means that around those specific people, I'm not entirely awake and aware...

And missing something like that could also mean that I've simply chosen to ignore such things because there's really no point in getting upset with it.

In the end, I believe that any discrediting against me and any shit spoken about me will bite the speaking person in the ass sooner or later. People listening will possibly buy it and not want to have anything to do with me, and that's fine with me, they were probably not so interested in the first place. Others will choose to take a look at me and decide for themselves.

Many have taken that look at me, seen me for who I am. Many have expressed that they've noticed how little I react to attacks, at least in public, and have told me that it says a lot about me. In an appreciative tone. That says a lot too. So maybe my thinking that an attack will eventually just bite the attacker in the ass isn't so dumb.

The point is still that the attacker also displays his/her self and who he/she is through those attacks.

Still, it worries me that I missed that discredit, completely and entirely. I want to be more aware than that.