Can I claim compensation for mental damage if I am insulted?

Legal analysis: compensation for mental damage can be demanded from the following aspects: if mental damage is caused by infringement and serious consequences are caused, the victim can request the court to order the infringer to compensate for the corresponding mental damage.

Legal basis: the Supreme People's Court's judicial interpretation of compensation for mental damage.

Article 1 If a natural person brings a lawsuit for compensation for mental damage to a people's court because of illegal infringement of the following personal rights, the people's court shall accept it according to law:

Right to life, health and body;

(two) the right to name, portrait, reputation and honor;

(3) the right to personal dignity and personal freedom.

Violation of social public interests, social morality, invasion of privacy or other personal interests of others, and the victim brings a lawsuit for compensation for mental damage to the people's court on the grounds of infringement, the people's court shall accept it according to law.

Article 8 If the infringement has caused mental damage to people, but it has not caused serious consequences, the victim's request for compensation for mental damage is generally not supported, and the people's court may order the infringer to stop the infringement, restore his reputation, eliminate the influence and make an apology according to the circumstances.

If the infringement has caused mental damage to people and caused serious consequences, the people's court may, in addition to ordering the infringer to bear civil liabilities such as stopping the infringement, restoring reputation, eliminating the influence and making an apology, etc. At the request of the injured party, it is ordered to compensate the corresponding mental damage.