Empathy. Why are they saying that? Do they need to make themselves feel better by putting you down? Are they having a crappy day and taking it out on you? Peop

Empathy. Why are they saying that? Do they need to make themselves feel better by putting you down? Are they having a crappy day and taking it out on you? People are not naturally cruel. There are reasons. If you look for those reasons it's much easier to understand why they would want to hurt you. The trap here is that if you care about being called a loser, you have self doubt. That's fine, most people can improve in one way or another. But the kind of person who can accurately criticize, and helpfully criticize, is never the person who uses a dismissive term like loser. Even if they are being cruel, they probably arn't being terribly creative about it. Go watch Full Metal Jacket and see how a real badass insults people.