Have you ever told someone that you liked this sort of music, but they replied by saying your taste is bad, ruining your self-esteem? Don’t you think this should stop?

Little do they know that doing this affects an individual’s self-esteem. The victims could obsess over the fact that someone dislikes them only because they enjoy this music, one that makes them happy and reminds them of great memories. Self-esteem is important to us humans because it controls and influences our decisions and choices in life, and making those decisions and choices create the path to our future.

People that have low self-esteem bring themselves away from social situations, doing things they haven’t done in the past, and avoiding things they think they cannot do. We need all of these things to build up our future, and with low self-esteem people can fall into depression and anxiety, which isn’t good for anybody. According to the U.S Department of Health & Human Services, the risk of death by suicide relies on how terrible the person’s depression is.

However, this doesn’t mean you should judge them back. Although they may deserve it — whether they judged your taste in music or something else — you will surely not feel good about yourself when that person becomes extremely self-conscious and regretful of everything he or she does.

Judging others back can spread. Most of the time, when someone badly judges an individual, it’s because they’ve been judged too, and they feel lonely. Why do they do this? Because they want to feel better about themselves. Although, this doesn’t mean judging people for their taste in music (or for anything at all) is a good thing.

Lastly, if you tell people that their music taste is not of your liking, or that their music taste is the worst, you’re not doing anything other than insulting and hurting them. Maybe they’ll obey you, but most of the time, they’ll keep listening to it. Just not around you or others, since they’ve already experienced being belittled for doing so.

You’re not stopping them from doing what they love, and I’d like many to think before they act or say. We’ll never know if our words would affect someone’s life in the future.

Judging people badly in general is negative. People shouldn’t judge others just because they like a certain genre of music, or a certain artist. Therefore, if those people like something you don’t, leaving them be or keeping your comments polite is the better choice.

Written by Jaeda.