Feedback stings because you care. Keep caring. Just stop hearing it as a verdict on you.

The sting is proportional to the investment, which makes it a side effect of caring rather than a sign something is wrong with you. Trouble starts when a note about a piece gets heard as a ruling on your worth, because then feedback becomes dangerous and you start avoiding it. Caring and taking it personally can be separated, with practice. One keeps the work good and the other keeps you stuck.

After the next piece of criticism, write down what was actually said about the work. Notice the sentence you added about yourself. Act on the first part and leave the second alone.