Hi guys, currently writing my thesis at the moment so a tad stressed. Had some wonderful news today, got the comments back for a paper I've submitted. One reviewer said the paper was written well and made a few small comments but not much else. The other went to town and really laid into one section of it with additional comments of poorly written, incomplete etc. and doesn't believe one or two of the results. How do you cope with scathing reviews? I unfortunately took (am taking it) very personally.

different ppl, different opinions, you should take more comments

Review each comment with an open mind and try to see their angle and learn from it. Not everything you'll do will be praised.

Not anything you do will be praised! Its been the hardest aspect of the whole acadaemia thing for me. If you ask an academic to critique something they don't feel they've done the job unless they've torn you apart. I was even advised never to write a good book review in case it makes you sound 'uncritical'.