How do you block out negative comments from strangers, whether they're on the street or online?

Well if they're online, it's always good to block out those people literally. ;) But you also have to remember that these are people that you're probably meeting for a short period of time in vague settings. They don't know who you really are or anything truly about you. There comments have come from things that they've more then likely just made up to try to hurt your feelings, so you can't let that affect you since they have no idea. They don't know the good or great things you've done before, so their opinion is completely irrelevant. I hope you can stay strong! :)

Online, you literally block them and on the street, remember that what they are saying to you in no way reflect what they genuinely think of you. Most of what they say is projecting how they feel about themselves onto you.

Ignorance is the best way to block out negative comments. Believe in yourself and whatever you do and don't give attention to the negative comments. People who comment are the ones who are insecure or jealous. So, stay positive.

I try and ignore there comments and counter argue in my head. Thinking about what you would say to a friend who had received those comments is a good way of reminding yourself to be kind to yourself!

I don't. The best thing to do when you receive negative comments is to meditate upon them, see if they can help you someway. If not, just ignore it. Don't appear angry. Don't wallow in them.

Think about things that make you happy. :) Sometimes people say things that they're raised to say. Maybe put yourself in their shoes for a minute and understand why they're saying what they are. You can't completely block out negative comments, no one can, but thinking positive helps a lot. :)

i always try and think that they are dealing with tough problems and thats why the reflect it to the outside with negative comments. i start feeling sympathy for them instead of feeling hurt my their comments. sometimes it actually turns out to be true and these people are really going through rough times. also, building good self esteem helps me. i try to filter constructive comments out of plain negatives ones. it helps me grow as a person and also develop my personality. and it also differs from a situation to another, for example, if someone on the street gave me a bad comment i would totally ignore them, after all i dont know the personally.

When someone is making fun of me online, I can block them easily or not reading what they wrote. On the streets, it's harder. I usually just try to smile the negative comments away and ignore them, because I know they are strangers and will never be allowed to have any impact on my life.

I wouldn't at first for one reason. I need to find out how far truth are those comments regarding me for the purpose of self-improvements. The ability to to turn the negative comments into motivations are not easy but with practice they seem to come at your way more than positive encouragements. When life throws lemon at you... However, they are more than often negative comments are uncalled for and simply needed to be blocked from your thoughts. These are, inter alia, what I usually do when that happen: 1. I put them in my "insignificant list". Yes, I have that list. In this list, I put all those people who don't really cross my path (apart of accidentally or by mere chance), don't really influence my judgment, don't really affect my performance, in other words, don't really matter to me. 2. I create sad story for them. I assume they had a bad day. This may range from real empathy like "S(he) might have lost a job etc" to mockery like "The sex must have been bad". 3. This is easier done online. I push the block button and pray s(he) felt highly rejected. On the street, this will be represented by my "Duh... You must be that special kind I heard about" and let her/him wonder what it could have been. I will never resort to cursing and usage of profanity words though. I reserve this to a very rare and exceptional case. I am not rude by nature but that doesn't mean I cannot be. However, doing this will usually prolong the event. When a stranger can simply walk towards you and give negative remark without due considerations to your feelings, they most probably just looking for a fight. I will not give them what they want. However, as I said before, fighting back will be my last resort after checking my safety and emotional state.

Try listening to music when you get these negative comments, maybe telling yourself wrong or if it helps take it as criticism to change.