The Power of Self-Assistation

I feel like there's a self-affirmation circle of, like, if I'm criticized, then, and when I've had those run-ins before, they treat criticism like you're criticizing God himself. The next time I called a friend of mine who she told about that interaction, she was like, oh, I don't take calls from the voice of the devil,. But, yeah, I just think there's aSelfAffirmation circle.