How do I stop feeling guilty about being complimented?

[JosieLouise]

Anyone else get this? Whenever I get given a compliment, I feel overwhelmingly guilty, anxious and low. Just today I had my evaluation at work, and my boss said I was 'more valuable to them than just in terms of the company'... which is a huge compliment and made me feel fantastic... for about an hour. Now I just have a lot of sadness over it, like I feel guilty she said it but also that I wish this happened more often.

Why the heck can't I just be proud of myself for a compliment? I know I deserve it... I think.

:doh::doh::doh:

[randomforeigner]

Maybe you're used from childhood not to hear so many compliments, so you're out of practice. It doesn't fit with your internal image of yourself, the one you've created throughout the years. I have the same difficulty myself, I don't hear compliments in the first place, unless they're very explicit, and if I do hear it I'm convinced they've misunderstood something. A put down, however ...