A friend sent me:
It’s less mental tricks and more fundamental trust. I care about only one opinion of me, and it’s not mine - it’s God’s. That opinion is, in short, “you suck but it’s ok, we’re working on it”. So I aim to do better than yesterday.
It is also worth noting that the only person whose behaviour you can control is yourself, so don’t worry about what others choose, instead choose, consciously, to laugh it off, and over time it becomes real.
This is likely contempt - feeling superior
Note to self, Spiderman, deadpool, hawks might do this.
Trying to do it irl causes the aggressor to keep on pressing the attack. Try to mentally deadpool them, but don’t say the retorts aloud