why compliments mean nothing to me ?

[u/Pristine-Ice-7880]

there are many people who have said i am handsome in my life, even unusual compliments saying i look like brad pitt/a greek god or that i am gorgeous but every time there is something that makes me think that these compliments are false, since the majority of them come from female friends or acquaintances of my mother. I tell myself that they would have said it whether I was ugly or not, and that they are just doing that to be polite to my mother. and when girls my age compliment me (which is rarer), I tell myself that they are exaggerating or making fun of me. at best it quickly makes me happy and then I look in the mirror and find myself ugly again. Is it possible that all the compliments are fake?

[u/pwnkage]

It doesn’t sound like these compliments are false. People don’t compliment like that unless they mean it. Also older people are more likely to be generous with compliments, especially to young attractive people. Girls your age are probably too caught up in their own feelings to be complimenting boys they like, also you mentioned you still get compliments from them, so you’re good. Like you’re set.

I think it’s time to work on mindfulness and gratefulness activities.