If you grew up emotionally neglected, certain compliments can trigger this uncomfortable response. Not because you're ungrateful or have low self-esteem, but because these specific types of praise touch on wounds from a childhood where emotional connection was missing. Through therapy after a difficult breakup, I finally understood why certain compliments made me want to disappear. It wasn't about the compliments themselves. It was about what they highlighted: all the things I never heard growing up.